This paper offers a critical overview and assessment of North's work on institutions and economic change, focusing on aspects of his work that are of interest to law and development scholars. The paper consists of four sections. Section 1 examines North's approach to institutions through his...

This paper explains the legal and political dilemmas facing developing countries during the cold war period and contrasts them with the international position today. The first part, covering the period between the Bandung Conference and the adoption of the UN Resolutions on the New International...