Law and Long-Term Economic Change: A Eurasian Perspective

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
1. Law and Long-Term Economic Change: An Editorial Introduction......Page 18
2. The Evolution of Law: Political Foundations of Private Law in Medieval Europe and Japan......Page 36
3. Law and Economy in Traditional China: A “Legal Origin” Perspective on the Great Divergence......Page 63
4. Property Rights, Land, and Law in Imperial China......Page 85
5. Contracts, Property, and Litigation: Intermediation and Adjudication in the Huizhou Region (Anhui) in Sixteenth-Century China......Page 108
6. Law and Economic Change in India, 1600–1900......Page 132
7. Land and Law in Colonial India......Page 155
8. The Political Economy of Law and Economic Development in Islamic History......Page 175
9. Islamic Legal Institutions of Contracts and Courts: A Comparative Perspective......Page 195
10. Bankruptcy Laws: East versus West......Page 215
11. Debt Litigation in Medieval Holland, 1200– 1350......Page 238
12. The Resolution of Commercial Conflicts in Bruges, Antwerp, and Amsterdam (1250– 1650)......Page 261
13. The Portuguese Judicial System in the Nineteenth Century: Rules, Risks, and Judges......Page 294
14. The Evolution of Self- and State Regulation of the London Stock Exchange, 1688– 1878......Page 317
15. British Legal Institutions and Transaction Costs in the Early Transport Revolution......Page 340
Index......Page 360