First, while intellectual histories of law and development theory are now common, no work that I am aware of employs the actual experience of Northeast Asia to interrogate these theories, yet it is in Northeast Asia where modern history's most outstanding development success stories can be...

Legal systems throughout East Asia are in the midst of rapid and potentially fundamental change, across a range of legal fields. This paper, prepared for a conference on the potential effects of 9/11 on legal and social change in East Asia, examines East Asian legal reforms in the areas of...

This chapter will argue for the importance of Taiwan as a case study for research on relationships between law and economic and political development. The pioneering work of Professor Ma and others about law in Taiwan should be developed and expanded so that scholars around the world can...

The past few years have seen enormous change in US financial market regulation, with the specifics of some of the most radical changes, in the securities area, yet to be decided. This chapter explores US regulation of the insurance, banking, securities and futures trading sectors, and seeks to...

In an effort to provide an appropriate tribute to his wonderful career, this study develops a set of themes that have been at the centre of Dave Trubek's work for decades, including development economics and the roles of law in developing countries, the structure and regulation of legal...

First, while intellectual histories of law and development theory are now common, no work that I am aware of employs the actual experience of Northeast Asia to interrogate these theories, yet it is in Northeast Asia where modern history's most outstanding development success stories can be...

This paper discusses certain problems with the anti-corruption rhetoric emanating from international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. These problems arise from the theoretical premises from which many of the individuals who staff these...

This paper offers a preliminary roadmap for interrogating the Legal Origins school. Before focusing on Legal Origins, however, Part II will address a basic issue facing development efforts: the contractual and ideological restriction of policy choices available for the development of economic...