Law, Development and Globalization
About the Book Series
During the past two decades, a substantial transformation of law and legal institutions in developing and transition countries has taken place. Whether prompted by the policy prescriptions of the so-called Washington consensus, the wave of democratization, the international human rights movement or the emergence of new social movements, no area of law has been left untouched. This massive transformation is attracting the attention of legal scholars, as well as scholars from other disciplines, such as politics, economics, sociology, anthropology and history. This diversity is valuable because it promotes cross-disciplinary dialogue and cooperation. It is also important because today the study of law cannot ignore the process of globalization, which is multifaceted and thus calls for inter-disciplinary skills and perspectives. Indeed, as globalization deepens, legal institutions at the national level are influenced and shaped by rules, practices and ideas drawn, imposed or borrowed from abroad.
The Rule of Law in International Development: Paradox and Practice
1st Edition
By Michael C. Leach
March 13, 2026
This book examines how the concept of the ‘Rule of Law’ has been used in the field of international development over the past three decades. In the early 1990s, the field of international development turned to law as a tool for socio-political transformation and economic reform. Within time, the ...
Law and Sustainable Development After COVID-19
1st Edition
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By Augustine Edobor Arimoro, Ezinne Mirian Igbokwe, Tamaraudoubra Tom Egbe
December 26, 2025
This book considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the realisation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Although efforts towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals are ongoing, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on these efforts: ...
Transnational Constitution Making: External Actors, Expertise, and Democratic Transition
1st Edition
By Alicia Pastor y Camarasa
December 26, 2025
This book examines the largely neglected but crucial role of transnational actors in democratic constitution-making. The writing or rewriting of constitutions is usually a key moment in democratic transitions. But how exactly does this take place? Most contemporary comparative constitutional ...
Law, Development and Regulatory Globalisation: The Case of the World Bank in India's Electricity Sector
1st Edition
By Adithya Chintapanti
May 06, 2025
Exploring the phenomenon of diffusion of legal norms accompanying economic globalisation in developing countries, this book examines the blanket imposition of standard regulatory templates, maintaining that every jurisdiction requires customised legal solutions. Adopted by over 80 developing ...
Beyond Law and Development: Resistance, Empowerment and Social Injustice
1st Edition
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By Sam Adelman, Abdul Paliwala
January 29, 2024
The book highlights new imaginaries required to transcend traditional approaches to law and development. The authors focus on injustices and harms to people and the environment, and confront global injustices involving impoverishment, patriarchy, forced migration, global pandemics and intellectual ...
A Sociolegal Analysis of Formal Land Tenure Systems: Learning from the Political, Legal and Institutional Struggles of Timor-Leste
1st Edition
By Bernardo Ribeiro de Almeida
September 25, 2023
This sociolegal study focuses on the political, legal and institutional problems and dilemmas of regulating land tenure. By studying the development of the Timorese formal land tenure system, this book engages in the larger debate about the role of state systems in addressing and aggravating social...
Intellectual Property Law and Access to Medicines: TRIPS Agreement, Health, and Pharmaceuticals
1st Edition
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By Srividhya Ragavan, Amaka Vanni
January 09, 2023
The history of patent harmonization is a story of dynamic actors, whose interactions with established structures shaped the patent regime. From the inception of the trade regime to include intellectual property (IP) rights to the present, this book documents the role of different sets of actors – ...
The Limits of Law and Development: Neoliberalism, Governance and Social Justice
1st Edition
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By Sam Adelman, Abdul Paliwala
April 29, 2022
The book examines the well-established field of ‘law and development’ and asks whether the concept of development and discourses on law and development have outlived their usefulness.The contributors ask whether instead of these amorphous and contested concepts we should focus upon social ...
Transnational Law and State Transformation: The Case of Extractive Development in Mongolia
1st Edition
By Jennifer Lander
June 30, 2021
This book contributes new theoretical insight and in-depth empirical analysis about the relationship between transnational legality, state change and the globalisation of markets.The role of transnational economic law in influencing and reorganising national systems of governance evidences the ...
Regional Autonomy, Cultural Diversity and Differentiated Territorial Government: The Case of Tibet – Chinese and Comparative Perspectives
1st Edition
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By Roberto Toniatti, Jens Woelk
August 23, 2018
Regional Autonomy, Cultural Diversity and Differentiated Territorial Government assesses the current state of the international theory and practice of autonomy in order to pursue the possibility of regional self-government in Tibet. Initiated by a workshop and roundtable with political ...
Hybridity: Law, Culture and Development
1st Edition
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By Nicolas Lemay-Hebert, Rosa Freedman
July 24, 2018
This book explores recent developments in the concept of hybridity through a multi-disciplinary perspective, bringing ideas about legal plurality together with the fields of peace, development and cultural studies. Analysing the concepts of hybridity and hybridization, their history, their ...
Violence Against Women in Legally Plural settings: Experiences and Lessons from the Andes
1st Edition
By Anna Barrera
May 16, 2017
This book addresses a growing area of concern for scholars and development practitioners: discriminatory gender norms in legally plural settings. Focusing specifically on indigenous women, this book analyses how they, often in alliance with supporters and allies, have sought to improve their access...