Contents: Preface -- Part I Introduction -- 1. How we got here -- 2. New institutional economics -- Part II Legal systems and development -- 3. Legal origin theory and the transplant effect -- 4. A new institutional economics approach to law and development -- Part III Finance and development --...

This book draws on the analytical framework of New Institutional Economics (NIE) to critically examine the role which law and the legal system play in economic development. Analytical concepts from NIE are used to assess policies which have been supported by multilateral development...