Does law matter?
Subtitle: on law and economic growth
By: editors, Michael Faure, Jan Smits
Contributors: Maastrichts Europees Instituut voor Transnationaal Rechtswetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Series: Ius commune europaeum -- 100; Ius commune europaeum -- 100.
Publisher: Intersentia; METRO
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge; Portland [Or.]; [Maastricht]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9789400002173
Subjects: Economic aspects; Law; Law and economics; Law and economic development
Other titles: On law and economic growth
Description: "One of the most discussed questions in social science of the last decade is to what extent differences in economic development among countries can be explained by differing law and institutions. According to the 'legal origins'-thesis, the answer is clear: it claims that differences in economic performance are to a large extent dependent on whether a country belongs to the civil law or common law family. Others have severely criticised this thesis. This volume takes stock of the debate and offers an integrated approach that not only takes into account the insights of economics, but also of comparative law and empirics"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-416).
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Michael Faure & Jan Smits; title: The functionalism of legal origins / Ralf Michaels; title: Law and financial development : what we are learning from time-series evidence / John Armour ... [et al.]; title: Legal origins and empirical credibility /  Eric Helland & Jonathan Klick; title: Measuring the immeasurable : how to turn law into numbers / Mathias M. Siems; title: Law, economics and history : endogenous institutional change and legal innovation / Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci & Carmine Guerriero; title: Make or take, why law can cause growth / Robert D. Cooter & Hans-Bernd Schäfer; title: Legal systems as networks / Anthony Ogus; title: The role of law in economic growth and development / Thomas S. Ulen; title: Efficiency of the common law / Nuno Garoupa & Carlos Gómez Ligüerre; title: On the law and economics of the origins of the French Civil Code / Bertrand Crettez ... [et al.]; title: Does China need law for economic development? / Julan Du; title: How does corporate law matter? : "law and finance" and beyond / Alessio M. Pacces; title: The role of property law in economic growth /  Guangdong Xu; title: Does environmental law matter? / Michael Faure.