Law, Institutions and Development (JPJ2046H) (LAW243H1S)

At a Glance

Second Term
Credits
3
Hours
2
SUYRP
Perspective course
ICT

Enrolment

Maximum
40
27 JD
11 LLM/SJD/MSL/NDEGS/SJD U
5 MGA/MAIR

Schedule

W: 4:10 - 6:00
Instructor(s): Mariana Mota Prado

This course satisfies either the Perspective or the International/Comparative/Transnational perspective course requirement.

Note: The Blackboard program will be used for this course. Students must self-enrol in Blackboard as soon as confirmed in the course in order to obtain course information.

This seminar will examine the role of law and institutions in promoting development in less developed countries. The topics that will be addressed include: competing conceptions of development: economic, political and social; theories of economic growth; the New Institutional Economics; democracy and development; public administration and development; competing theories of the role of law in development; ethnic diversity; corruption; land and property rights reform; infrastructure and development; state-owned enterprises: privatization and reform; foreign investment and trade policy; and the role of foreign aid and international institutions in development.

Evaluation
Students will be required to write five comments of 750 words each on selected readings for five of the classes (50%) and a 3750 word paper on an issue of their choosing (50%). Students who who wish to write a Supervised Upper Year Research Paper in this course will be required to write a reduced number of comments (2) of 750 words each.