Global Business, Local Law: The Indian Legal System as a Communal Resource in Foreign Investment Relations

This volume develops a framework for the analysis of the role of national legal systems (laws and institutions) as mediators of relations between states, civil society and foreign investors; and applies this framework of analysis in India. The Indian case study examines the extent to which the government, investors and members of the public use the Indian legal system to resolve their differences-Are national law and national courts their weapon of choice? Why or why not? What other methods do they use?The book examines the relationship between legal systems and foreign investment:From each of the three relevant perspectives-state, investor, civil society;At the macro, meso and micro levels-India, Karnataka and Bangalore;Using quantitative and qualitative methods-statistical and ethnographic.The questions it addresses (and the triple perspective/level methodology) are particularly relevant in the context of the growing debate over whether globalisation (economic, cultural and social) is eroding or bolstering the relative importance and power of the state, the international economic actor, and civil society.Perry-Kessaris, Amanda is the author of 'Global Business, Local Law: The Indian Legal System as a Communal Resource in Foreign Investment Relations', published 2008 under ISBN 9780754645252 and ISBN 0754645258.