How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development?
This paper develops a framework and some hypotheses regarding the impact of local-level, informal legal institutions on three economic outcomes: aggregate growth, inequality, and human capabilities. It presents a set of stylized differences between...
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okr-10986-42972021-04-23T14:02:17Z How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development? Gauri, Varun ABUSE ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACTIONS ADAT LAW ADJUDICATION AUTHORITY CARTELS CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY CLAN LEADERS CODES COMMON LAW COMPARATIVE LAW CONCILIATION CONSTITUTIONS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT LAW COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMINAL CRIMINAL LAW CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMS DELIVERY OF SERVICES DEMOCRACY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DIVISION OF PROPERTY DIVORCE DOMESTIC ABUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OUTCOMES FAMILIES FINES HOME HOMICIDE HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND INDIGENOUS WOMEN INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS INFORMAL SECTOR INHERITANCE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INVESTIGATION JUDGE JUDGES JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS JUDICIAL POWER JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL REVIEW JUSTICE SYSTEM JUSTICES LAND DISPUTES LAW BOOKS LAWS LEGAL DEVELOPMENT LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL JUSTICE LEGAL PLURALISM LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL SYSTEMS LIBERTIES LIBERTY MEDIATION OFFENDER PERSONAL PROPERTY PERSONAL SECURITY POLITICAL CONDITIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC PUBLIC LAW RAPE RESIDENCES ROLE OF LAW RULE OF LAW SANCTION SANCTIONS SEPARATION OF POWERS SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL JUSTICE STATE INSTITUTIONS VICTIMS VIOLENCE WIFE WILL WOMAN YOUTH This paper develops a framework and some hypotheses regarding the impact of local-level, informal legal institutions on three economic outcomes: aggregate growth, inequality, and human capabilities. It presents a set of stylized differences between formal and informal legal justice systems, identifies the pathways through which formal systems promote economic outcomes, reflects on what the stylized differences mean for the potential impact of informal legal institutions on economic outcomes, and looks at extant case studies to examine the plausibility of the arguments presented. The paper concludes that local-level, informal legal institutions can support social substitutes for the enforcement of contracts, although these substitutes tend to be limited in range and scale; they are flexible and could conceivably be adapted to serve the interests of the poor and marginalized if supportive organizational and social resources could be brought to support the legal claims of the disempowered; and they are more likely to support personal integrity rights than the positive liberties that are also constitutive of development as freedom. 2012-03-19T19:13:30Z 2012-03-19T19:13:30Z 2009-11-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091103102211 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4297 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5108 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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ABUSE ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACTIONS ADAT LAW ADJUDICATION AUTHORITY CARTELS CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY CLAN LEADERS CODES COMMON LAW COMPARATIVE LAW CONCILIATION CONSTITUTIONS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT LAW COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMINAL CRIMINAL LAW CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMS DELIVERY OF SERVICES DEMOCRACY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DIVISION OF PROPERTY DIVORCE DOMESTIC ABUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OUTCOMES FAMILIES FINES HOME HOMICIDE HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND INDIGENOUS WOMEN INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS INFORMAL SECTOR INHERITANCE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INVESTIGATION JUDGE JUDGES JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS JUDICIAL POWER JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL REVIEW JUSTICE SYSTEM JUSTICES LAND DISPUTES LAW BOOKS LAWS LEGAL DEVELOPMENT LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL JUSTICE LEGAL PLURALISM LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL SYSTEMS LIBERTIES LIBERTY MEDIATION OFFENDER PERSONAL PROPERTY PERSONAL SECURITY POLITICAL CONDITIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC PUBLIC LAW RAPE RESIDENCES ROLE OF LAW RULE OF LAW SANCTION SANCTIONS SEPARATION OF POWERS SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL JUSTICE STATE INSTITUTIONS VICTIMS VIOLENCE WIFE WILL WOMAN YOUTH |
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ABUSE ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACTIONS ADAT LAW ADJUDICATION AUTHORITY CARTELS CIVIL SERVICE CIVIL SOCIETY CLAN LEADERS CODES COMMON LAW COMPARATIVE LAW CONCILIATION CONSTITUTIONS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT LAW COURT COURTS CRIME CRIMINAL CRIMINAL LAW CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMS DELIVERY OF SERVICES DEMOCRACY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DIVISION OF PROPERTY DIVORCE DOMESTIC ABUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OUTCOMES FAMILIES FINES HOME HOMICIDE HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND INDIGENOUS WOMEN INEQUALITIES INEQUALITY INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS INFORMAL SECTOR INHERITANCE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INVESTIGATION JUDGE JUDGES JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS JUDICIAL POWER JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL REVIEW JUSTICE SYSTEM JUSTICES LAND DISPUTES LAW BOOKS LAWS LEGAL DEVELOPMENT LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL JUSTICE LEGAL PLURALISM LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL SYSTEMS LIBERTIES LIBERTY MEDIATION OFFENDER PERSONAL PROPERTY PERSONAL SECURITY POLITICAL CONDITIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICAL POWER PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC PUBLIC LAW RAPE RESIDENCES ROLE OF LAW RULE OF LAW SANCTION SANCTIONS SEPARATION OF POWERS SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIAL JUSTICE STATE INSTITUTIONS VICTIMS VIOLENCE WIFE WILL WOMAN YOUTH Gauri, Varun How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development? |
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This paper develops a framework and some
hypotheses regarding the impact of local-level, informal
legal institutions on three economic outcomes: aggregate
growth, inequality, and human capabilities. It presents a
set of stylized differences between formal and informal
legal justice systems, identifies the pathways through which
formal systems promote economic outcomes, reflects on what
the stylized differences mean for the potential impact of
informal legal institutions on economic outcomes, and looks
at extant case studies to examine the plausibility of the
arguments presented. The paper concludes that local-level,
informal legal institutions can support social substitutes
for the enforcement of contracts, although these substitutes
tend to be limited in range and scale; they are flexible and
could conceivably be adapted to serve the interests of the
poor and marginalized if supportive organizational and
social resources could be brought to support the legal
claims of the disempowered; and they are more likely to
support personal integrity rights than the positive
liberties that are also constitutive of development as freedom. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Gauri, Varun |
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Gauri, Varun |
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Gauri, Varun |
| title |
How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development? |
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How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development? |
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How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development? |
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How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development? |
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How Do Local-Level Legal Institutions Promote Development? |
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how do local-level legal institutions promote development? |
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2012 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091103102211 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4297 |
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