Law, Culture, and Economic Development A Liber Amicorum for Professor Roberto MacLean

by Norton, Joseph J; Rogers, C Paul

• ISBN13: 9781905221189
• ISBN10: 1905221185
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-21
• Publisher: British Institute of International

Summary

Law, Culture, and Economic Development brings together some of the leading legal scholars, policymakers, and practitioners in the international economic development area - with the emphasis on Latin America - to address key issues of legal reform facing developing countries in their effort to achieve accessible, equitable, and sustainable economic development. Issues of cultural impediments are stressed. This collection includes contributions from many experts in the field, including current and former officials from the World Bank. Topics considered from a developmental perspective include human rights, legal institutions, judicial reform, investment treaties, investment disputes, corruption, financial sector reform, accounting systems, linkage to the WTO, administrative legality, intellectual property, corruption, taxation, and legal education reform. The chapters in this festschrift are derived from presentations made at the 2006 Paul Carrington Memorial Lecture at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas, honoring the distinguished career and 75th birthday of the Hon. Roberto MacLean - a law dean, judge, central banker, ambassador, legal scholar, and judicial reform expert.

Author Biography

The volume is a joint publication of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (London), the SMU Institute of International Banking, Finance and Technology Law and SMU Law Institute of the Americas (Dallas) at the SMU Dedman School of Law, and the London Forum for International Economic and Development Law, with the editorial assistance of the SMU International Law Review Association (Dallas). The Contemporary Studies Series is the successor to the former Kluwer Law International Yearbook on International Financial and Economic Law. The General Editors of the Studies Series are Joseph J Norton, James L Walsh Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas; Executive Director, SMU Law Institute of the Americas; former Sir John Lubbock Professor of Banking Law, London (1993-2005); and C Paul Rogers Jr, Professor of Law and former Dean (1988-97), SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents

Foreword Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht, QC, CBE	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Family Tribute	p. xv
Special Tributes
Roberto MacLean, Humanist	p. xvii
Roberto MacLean of Oxbridge and SMU	p. xviii
Articles
The Legal Aspects of the World Bank's Work on Human Rights	p. 3
Development in the Underdeveloped World: Of Culture, Trust, and Legal Institutions	p. 9
A European Perspective on Judicial Independence and Accountability	p. 19
Foundations of Financial Development and Economic Growth	p. 45
Justice as a Service	p. 71
Reassessment Time: Shortcomings of The WTO Model	p. 75
The Fragile Foundations of Administrative Legality in Chile Between 1932 and 1973	p. 89
Challenges of the Law and Development Practitioner	p. 110
Who Doesn't Own Culture? Two Books on Law's Role in Shaping Culture	p. 135
Global Accounting: A Challenge for Lawyers	p. 143
Income and Consumption: Peru and the United States	p. 163
The Impact of US Law-Driven Compliance and Ethics Programmes on Emerging Economies	p. 169
Guarding the Guardians? A Festchrift for Roberto MacLean	p. 173
Rethinking Legal Education in Latin America	p. 180
Law, Social Justice, Economic Development, and Modern Banking Sector Legal Reform: Taking in the 'Excluded'	p. 192
The Development of the Regulations and Rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes	p. 226
The Treatification of International Investment Law	p. 241
Justice, Rule of Law, and Economic Reconstruction in Post-Conflict States	p. 253
Legal and Cultural Issues Related to Financial Access in Latin America: A Reflection on the Brazilian and Colombian Cases	p. 266
Tributes To Roberto G Maclean
A Colleague and Friend	p. 289
A Renaissance Man	p. 290
Living Greatly in the Law: Three Lessons	p. 292
A Dear Friend	p. 295
Final Word
On Justice and Law as Two of the Many Different Shades of True Love: The Impossible Quest for the Obvious	p. 299
Roberto MacLean Biographical Information	p. 335
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