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Does Law Matter for Economic Development? Evidence From East Asia

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Pistor Katharina and A. Wellons Philip, The Role of Law and Legal Institutions in Asian Economic Development, 1960–1995. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Pp. xi + 294 pages. $39.95 cloth.
Jayasuriya Kanishka, ed., Law, Capitalism, and Power in Asia: The Rule of Law and Legal Institutions. New York: Routledge, 1999. Pp. xiii + 345 pages. $99.99 cloth; $32.99 paper.
Brown Robert S. and Gutterman Alan, Asian Economic and Legal Development: Uncertainty, Risk, and Legal Efficiency. Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1998. Pp. xv + 477 pages. $148.00 cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Tom Ginsburg
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Law & Society Review , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , 2000 , pp. 829 - 856
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The author would like to thank Robert Kagan, Richard Steinberg, and Stephen Parker for early discussions of the themes considered here.

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