Law and Development ― Theory and Practice

The book examines the theory and practice of law and development. It reviews the evolution of law and development studies and presents a general theory of law and development. The general theory sets the conceptual parameters of "law" and "development" and explains the mechanisms by which law impacts development. In the second part, the book applies the general theory to analyze the development cases of South Korea and South Africa from legal and institutional perspectives. The book also adopts, for the first time, the law and development approaches to analyze the economic issues of the United States. It discusses why it is critical to develop the Analytical Law and Development Model or "ADM."

Yong-Shik Lee is a scholar in law and development. He is currently the Director of the Law and Development Institute. Lee has taught at leading universities throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia, including New York University, University of Manchester, and University of Sydney. He graduated in economics with academic distinction from the University of California at Berkeley and received law degrees from the University of Cambridge (BA, MA, PhD). He is author of Reclaiming Development in the World Trading System (Cambridge University Press, 2006, 2009, 2016), Microtrade: A New System of Trade Toward Poverty Elimination (Routledge, 2013, 2015), Law and Development Perspective on International Trade Law (Cambridge University Press, 2011, 2013), and Safeguard Measures in World Trade: The Legal Analysis (Edward Edgar, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014), He has published over eighty scholarly articles, book volumes, chapters, and shorter notes in the areas of law and development, international economic law, comparative law, and international commercial arbitration with leading publishers in North America, Europe and Asia. He has also frequently spoken on issues of law and development, international economic law, and the WTO.