Beyond Common Knowledge Empirical Approaches to the Rule of Law

" This volume should be mandatory reading for the directors of multilateral development banks, practitioners, scholars, policymakers, and others who hope that reform of the formal justice system will bring about political and economic liberalization." -- Paul Brest, President, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Dean, Stanford Law School 1987-1999 " The chapters in this volume challenge the rule of law orthodoxy and introduce a much more textured account of the shifting and varying roles of formal and informal institutions that perform legal functions across countries, exploring the variegated micro-foundations of the rule of law. No scholar or policy maker should utter the words ' rule of law' without first reading this volume." -- Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University, former Chief Economist for The World Bank, and Nobel LaureateJensen, Erik G. is the author of 'Beyond Common Knowledge Empirical Approaches to the Rule of Law' with ISBN 9780804748032 and ISBN 0804748039.