Hatchard J., Perry-Kessaris A. Law and Development: Facing Complexity in the 21st Century

Routledge-Cavendish, 2003. - 285 pages
ISBN: 1859417981This new book is an edited collection of papers arising from a conference on Law and Development in the twenty-first century held in 2001. It is in honour of the work of Dr Peter Slinn.It draws together the lessons and challenges faced in relation to law and development in the 21st century,with particular reference to the concerns of Commonwealth states. It addresses practical and theoretical aspects of law and economic, social and political development at national and international levels. Students, academics and practitioners in the fields of law and development, development studies and public administration will find this book of interest. 'The book taken as a whole would not only enlighten considerably those with little knowledge or experience in the area of law and development but could significantly broaden and enrich the knowledge of persons more experiences in this area.John Hatchard is general secretary of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association.Dr Amanda Perry-Kessaris LLB, LLM (Soton), PhD (Lon), PG Cert Econ ((Lon) is a Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London.Amanda Perry-Kessaris is Reader in Law and Programme Director of the LLM International Economic Law, Justice and Development at Birkbeck, University of London. She has qualifications in law, economics and ethnography. She is a member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association Executive Committee and of the editorial board of the International Community Law Review.Amanda is interested in the extent to which law can nurture stable, productive and trusting relations between the private, pubic and third sectors. She has conducted empirical research on legal systems as a determinant of foreign direct investment in Sri Lanka, the Indian legal system as a mediator of foreign investment-government civil society relations, and access to environmental justice in Bangalore (Bengaluru), with funding from the Leverhulme Trust, Socio-Legal Studies Association, ESRC and Ford Foundation. Her major recent publications include Global Business, Local Law (Ashgate, 2008) and Law in the Pursuit of Development (Routledge, 2009).She currently holds a British Academy Research Development Award (2009-2011) for a project entitled 'The Economic Approach to Law and Development: Principles, effects, defects' which is allowing her to explore the impact of economic approaches (analytical, normative and empirical) on our understanding of law's role as a means, end, obstacle or irrelevance to improving the lives of the relatively poor.