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"Without the protection of human and property rights, and a comprehensive framework of laws, no equitable development is possible. A government must ensure that it has an effective system of property, contracts, labor, bankruptcy, commercial codes, personal rights law and other elements of a comprehensive legal system that is effectively, impartially, and cleanly administered by a well-functioning, impartial and honest judicial and legal system." -- James D. Wolfensohn, World Bank President
This book presents a selection of papers discussed at a global conference on comprehensive legal and judicial development sponsored by the World Bank in June 2000, in partnership with the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the United Nations Development Programme.
This was the first truly global symposium of its kind, uniting practitioners and experts in legal and judicial development in the broadest cross-disciplinary sense--including over 600 judges, government officials, academics, managers of economic assistance agencies, and representatives of nongovernmental organizations from all over the world.
The questions they addressed are of universal concern, and the papers collected here show the diversity of possible answers according to the needs and circumstances of individual countries.
Comprehensive Legal and Judicial Development: Toward an Agenda for a Just and Equitable Society in the 21st Century,Rudolf V. Van Puymbroeck,World Bank Publications,0821348884,Equality before the law,General,Justice, Administration of,Law,Legal Reference / Law Profession,Social justice
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