Rule of Law, Economic Development, and Corporate Governance

Nadia E. Nedzel, Professor of Law Emerita, Southern University Law Center, US

• Contents: Preface: 1. Introduction: Two Different Western Models 2. The Growth of the English Rule of Law 3. The Development of the Continental Rule through Law 4. The United States, Checks and Balances, and a Commercial Republic – An Experiment 5. The Conflict between Rechtsstaat and the Rule of Law in the United States 6. Economic Development in Europe and the United States 7. Economic Freedom, Development, and Entrepreneurship: The Dominance of Common Law 8. Corporate Governance Index

'Nadia E. Nedzel's The Rule of Law, Economic Development, and Corporate Governance applies the concepts of the rule of law to the real world and how it affects real lives through its impact on freedom, economic development, and even corporate governance. But she also shows us that asking law to do too much-trying to make people ''do good'' instead of ''not doing bad''-can threaten the rule of law itself. A splendid overview of the history, jurisprudence, and practical import of the rule of law.'--Todd Zywicki, George Mason University, US