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Banik, Dan --- "The legal empowerment of the poor" [2018] ELECD 624; in May, Christopher; Winchester, Adam (eds), "Handbook on the Rule of Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 419

Book Title: Handbook on the Rule of Law

Editor(s): May, Christopher; Winchester, Adam

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781786432438

Section: Chapter 25

Section Title: The legal empowerment of the poor

Author(s): Banik, Dan

Number of pages: 15

Abstract/Description:

How does the rule of law influence economic development? While scholars have developed unique insights to answer this question, as of yet most studies provide limited answers due to the fact that scholars define rule of law in a limited way focusing only on a few aspects of this multifaceted concept. Further, many studies are constrained by the particular countries and time periods chosen for analysis as well as the measurements used to serve as proxies for the rule of law in empirical studies. This chapter suggests that in order to adequately discover the nexus between the rule of law and economic development, scholars must define this concept more expansively and work harder to ascertain causality.