LEADER 04770nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910821938103321 005 20240516074109.0 010 $a0-8047-7761-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804777612 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040953 035 $a(EBL)717050 035 $a(OCoLC)731646945 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000523800 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11327001 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523800 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10542811 035 $a(PQKB)10185125 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127630 035 $a(DE-B1597)564186 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804777612 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL717050 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479240 035 $a(OCoLC)1178770093 035 $a(PPN)244998213 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88897447 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC717050 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040953 100 $a20101129h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLaw and long-term economic change $ea Eurasian perspective /$fedited by Debin Ma and Jan Luiten van Zanden 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aStanford, California $cStanford Economics and Finance$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (375 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7273-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Figures -- $tList of Tables -- $tContributors -- $t1. Law and Long- Term Economic Change: An Editorial Introduction -- $t2. The Evolution of Law: Political Foundations of Private Law in Medieval Europe and Japan -- $t3. Law and Economy in Traditional China: A ?Legal Origin? Perspective on the Great Divergence -- $t4. Property Rights, Land, and Law in Imperial China -- $t5. Contracts, Property, and Litigation: Intermediation and Adjudication in the Huizhou Region (Anhui) in Sixteenth- Century China -- $t6. Law and Economic Change in India, 1600? 1900 -- $t7. Land and Law in Colonial India -- $t8. The Political Economy of Law and Economic Development in Islamic History -- $t9. Islamic Legal Institutions of Contracts and Courts: A Comparative Perspective -- $t10. Bankruptcy Laws: East versus West -- $t11. Debt Litigation in Medieval Holland, 1200? 1350 -- $t12. The Resolution of Commercial Conflicts in Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam (1250? 1650) -- $t13. The Portuguese Judicial System in the Nineteenth Century: Rules, Risks, and Judges -- $t14. The Evolution of Self- and State Regulation of the London Stock Exchange, 1688? 1878 -- $t15. British Legal Institutions and Transaction Costs in the Early Transport Revolution -- $tIndex 330 $aRecently, a growing body of work on "law and finance" and "legal origins" has highlighted the role of formal legal institutions in shaping financial institutions. However, these writings have focused largely on Europe, neglecting important non-Western traditions that prevail in a large part of the world. Law and Long-Term Economic Change brings together a group of leading scholars from economics, economic history, law, and area studies to develop a unique, global and, long-term perspective on the linkage between law and economic change. Covering the regions of Western Europe, East and South Asia, and the Middle East, the chapters explore major themes regarding the nature and evolution of different legal regimes; their relationship with the state or organized religion; the definition and interpretation of ownership and property rights; the functioning of courts, and other mechanisms for dispute resolution and contract enforcement; and the complex dynamics of legal transplantations through processes such as colonization. The text makes clear that the development of legal traditions and institutions?as embodiments of cultural values and norms?exerts a strong effect on long-term economic change. And it demonstrates that a good understanding of legal origins around the world enriches any debate about Great Divergence in the early modern era, as well as development and underdevelopment in 19th-20th century Eurasia. 606 $aLaw and economic development$xHistory 606 $aLaw$xEconomic aspects$zAsia$xHistory 606 $aLaw$xEconomic aspects$zEurope$xHistory 615 0$aLaw and economic development$xHistory. 615 0$aLaw$xEconomic aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aLaw$xEconomic aspects$xHistory. 676 $a330.95 701 $aMa$b Debin$01596069 701 $aZanden$b J. L. van$0915446 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821938103321 996 $aLaw and long-term economic change$94072029 997 $aUNINA