Development law has
increasingly gained in importance for the international law practitioner in a world where
unprecedented global interdependence has raised numerous legal and practice-oriented
questions.
Development Law and
International Finance presents analyzes this growing body of law in the context of the
policy framework of "Rule of Law" programs aimed at legal reform and structural
legal change.
The text also examines
emerging constitutional and substantive principles of development law and the
institutional framework in which it is unfolding. The author further discusses structural
legal reform in the financial sector, and the extent to which private international
transactions act as a catalyst for such legal reforms.
In addition, the text
critically reviews the changing role of the state, the privatization process, and the
growing importance of emerging capital markets. Finally, Development Law and International
Finance addresses the international human rights dimension of development and, in
particular, the question of whether there is a human right to development.
The book constitutes a
valuable contribution to this emerging legal discipline and is essential reading for
international legal practitioners, public international law experts, and policy makers
involved in the development process.
324 pages