The rule of law, economic development, and corporate governance / Nadia E. Nedzel.

"Grounded in history and written by a law professor, this book is a scholarly yet jargon-free explanation of the differences between the common and civil law concepts of the rule of law, and details how they developed out of two different cultural views of the relationships between law, individ...

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Main Author: Nedzel, Nadia E., 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2020]
Series:New thinking in political economy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Two different western models
  • The growth of the English rule of law
  • The development of the continental rule through law
  • The United States, checks and balances, and a commercial republic : an experiment
  • The conflict between Rechtsstaat and the rule of law in the United States
  • Economic development in Europe and the United States
  • Economic freedom, development, and entrepreneurship : the dominance of common law
  • Corporate governance.