Instructor(s): Michael Trebilcock

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

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 comments of about 750 words each on selected readings for four of the classes (50%) and an about a 3,500 word paper on an issue of their choosing (50%). Students who wish to write a Supervised Upper Year Research Paper (SUYRP) in this course will be required to write two comments of 750 words each (total 20%) and a paper of approximately 8,000-8,500 words in length.
Academic year
2023 - 2024

At a Glance

First Term
Credits
3
Hours
2
SUYRP
Perspective course
ICT

Enrolment

Maximum
50

34 JD
6 LLM/SJD/MSL/SJD U

5 MGA and 5 Political Science students

Schedule

Th: 2:10 - 4:00 pm