Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law

<p><em>Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law </em>is a collection of original research on the rule of law from a panel of leading economists political scientists legal scholars sociologists and historians. The chapters critically analyse the meaning and foundations of the rule of law and its relationship to economic and democratic development challenging many of the underlying assumptions guiding the burgeoning field of rule of law development. The combination of jurisprudential quantitative historical/comparative and theoretical analyses seeks to chart a new course in scholarship on the rule of law: the volume as a whole takes seriously the role of law in pursuing global justice while confronting the complexity of instituting the rule of law and delivering its promised benefits.</p><p>Written for scholars practitioners and policymakers <em>Global Perspectives</em> offers a unique combination of jurisprudential and empirical research that will be provocative and relevant to those who are attempting to understand and advance the rule of law globally. The chapters progress from broad questions regarding current rule of development efforts and the concept of rule of law to more specific issues pertaining to economic and democratic development. Specific countries such as China India and seventeenth-century England and The Netherlands serve as case studies in some chapters while broad global surveys feature in other chapters. Indeed this impressive scope of research ushers in the next generation of scholarship in this area. </p>