It has been argued that procedural formalism undermines economic efficiency by fostering rent-seeking and corruption. We challenge this view by arguing that a number of judicial procedures foster economic growth by increasing the predictability of court decisions, which leads to more...

This paper proposes and empirically validates four theories of why legal origin influences growth and welfare through finance. It is a natural extension of "Law and finance: why does legal origin matter?" by Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine (2003). We find only partial support...

Since the end of the 1980s, a multi-billion dollar development industry has become centrally concerned with ‘the rule of law' as instrument, end, and indicator of ‘development'. Yet, while the term ‘rule of law' may be a relative newcomer to the development project, this most recent form...