Law and the economy in colonial India / Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy.
Law and the economy in colonial India / Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy.
Law and the economy in colonial India / Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy.
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Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
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G 2016/2843
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English
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Physical content
xii, 240 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The process of legislation, 1772-1857 -- Landed property : security and incentives -- Landed property and credit -- Succession of property : joint versus individual right -- Labor law : from "slavery" to trade union -- Contract : late Westernization -- Corporate law : flawed Westernization -- The bu...
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Publisher
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
Since the economic reforms of the 1990s, India's economy has grown rapidly. To sustain growth and foreign investment over the long run requires a well-developed legal infrastructure for conducting business, including cheap and reliable contract enforcement and secure property rights. But it's widely acknowledged that India's legal infrastructure is...
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Law and the economy in colonial India / Tirthankar Roy and Anand V. Swamy.
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Markets and governments in economic history
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/2843
Record Identifier
74VKVq3kMWNb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVq3kMWNb
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ISBN
022638764X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226387642 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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349.5409034
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991024007575402626
