also discusses the efficiency of trust and the role of the law in separating trustworthy from non trustworthy people. …

This paper cuts adrift the mainstream approach to the legal-origins debate on the law-growth nexus by integrating both … overall economic and human components in our understanding of how regulation quality and the rule of law lie at the heart of … growth and human development beyond the mechanisms of law. Our results support the current consensus that, English common-law …

Contrary to mainstream consensus on the dominance of English common law countries in investment prospects, this paper … sets a new tone in the legal origins debate by providing empirical validity on the dominance of French civil-law countries … in private investment. The assessment is based on 38 African countries for the period 1996-2007. The law mechanisms of …

Contrary to mainstream consensus on the dominance of English common law countries in investment prospects, this paper … sets a new tone in the legal origins debate by providing empirical validity on the dominance of French civil-law countries … in private investment. The assessment is based on 38 African countries for the period 1996-2007. The law mechanisms of …

This paper cuts adrift the mainstream approach to the legal-origins debate on the law-growth nexus by integrating both … overall economic and human components in our understanding of how regulation quality and the rule of law lie at the heart of … growth and human development beyond the mechanisms of law. Our results support the current consensus that, English common-law …

Social scientists have paid insufficient attention to the role of law in constituting the economic institutions of … capitalism. Part of this neglect emanates from inadequate conceptions of the nature of law itself. Spontaneous conceptions of law … capitalist economies, law is sustained through interaction between private agents, courts and the legislative apparatus. Law is …

“Code is law” refers to the idea that, with the advent of digital technology, code has progressively established itself … shift from the traditional notion of “code is law” (i.e. code having the effect of law) to the new conception of “law is … code” (i.e. law being defined as code) …

Although scholarship in law and development which explores the relationship between law and social and economic … law and development, which would establish law and development as a robust and coherent academic field. This article … attempts to fill this gap by presenting a general theory that defines the disciplinary parameters of law and development, and …