Introduction to 2012 LDR Special Issue (No. 1). The 2012 special issue of the Law and Development Review features articles on microtrade, which have been presented at the 2011 Law and Development Conference held in Seattle, USA.

Abstract Introduction to 2012 LDR Special Issue (No. 2). The second Law and Development Review (LDR) special issue this year features articles presented in the second part of the 2011 Law and Development Institute Conference held in Seattle, USA.

Abstract Economic development is the term that has been associated with less developed countries in the Third World (“developing countries”), not the economically advanced countries (“developed countries”), such as the United States. However, the changing economic conditions in recent...

Abstract A controversial paper by Ramseyer, “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War,” which argued that the victims of sexual slavery (“the comfort women”) perpetrated by the Japanese military during World War II were voluntary prostitutes under contract, has raised substantial...

Poverty remains a serious global issue, and nearly half of the world's populations are still living below the poverty line. International trade has been a vehicle for successful economic development for some developing economies in East Asia, including South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore,...