JOURNAL: Trade, Law and Development

It is a great pleasure to inform you of the publication of the latest issue of Trade, Law and Development (Vol. 5, No.1) [TL&D]. This issue is a Special Issue on India & The World Economic Order and deals with a wide range of topics, from investment treaties of India to its pharmaceutical policies . The issue and its contents can be accessed online on our website here 

The Contents of this Special Issue are as follows:

I. Editorials

A Bittersweet Celebration
Shashank P Kumar, Meghana Sharafudeen, Yogesh Pai

First Generation Indian External Sector Reforms In Context
Raj Bhala

ARTICLE: Trubek on Law and Development

David M Trubek’s ‘Law and Development 50 Years On’ is available on SSRN. It’ll be included in the forthcoming International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

The abstract reads: 

Law and development refers both to organized efforts to transform legal systems in developing countries to foster economic, political and social development and to the academic projects stimulated by these efforts. Begun in the mid-20th century, law and development's dominant ideas and projects have changed over time as theories of development and agency priorities have changed. Law and development efforts accelerated in the 1990s as international financial institutions began to emphasize the rule of law. As the 21st century dawned, ideas and projects of the 20th Century were assessed and critiqued and new themes have emerged.