Development Law and International Finance (International Economic Development Law)

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 a comprehensive analytical framework for understanding development law issues from both a theoretical and practical viewpoint. The book 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 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. The author is the Assistant General Counsel for Administrative Affairs with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and an Adjunct Law Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.Rumu Sarkar is the author of 'Development Law and International Finance (International Economic Development Law)', published 2002 under ISBN 9789041188861 and ISBN 904118886X.