Rumu Sarkar, "International Development Law: Rule of Law, Human Rights & Global Finance" (Springer, 2020)

Jan 25, 2025

Rumu Sarkar, an adjunct law professor at Case Western Reserve University, delves into international development law with a focus on global poverty. She discusses the vital interplay between rule of law, human rights, and global finance, bringing to light the challenges nations face in attracting investments. Sarkar also examines the complex dynamics of multinational corporations and societal roles in development, and critiques the 'right to development'—highlighting its complications in international lending and debt crises, particularly in Africa.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Navigating International Development Law

01:31 • 18min

Exploring the Dynamics of International Development Law

19:07 • 3min

The Human Right to Development: A Double-Edged Sword

21:38 • 12min

Navigating International Development and Finance

33:50 • 8min

Exploring California's Challenges: A Case Study in Financial and Insurance Systems

41:32 • 2min

International Development Law: Rule of Law, Human Rights & Global Finance (Springer, 2020) describes how international development works, its shortcomings, its theoretical and practical foundations, along with prescriptions for the future. It provides the reader with new perspectives on the origins of global poverty, identifies legal impediments to sustainable economic growth, and provides a better understanding of the challenges faced by the international community in resolving global poverty issues. The text is structured into two basic parts: the first part deals with the theoretical and philosophic foundations of the subject, and the second part sets forth issues relating to the international financial architecture, namely, international borrowing practices, privatization, and emerging economies.

In particular, the book provides new, innovative analysis on corruption as an impediment to sustainable development. The three interlocking facets of corruption are examined: transnational organized crime, Islamic-based international terrorism, and corruption within emerging economies and the international banking system. Thus fresh new analysis adds depth and clarity to a field that heretofore has been scattered and superficial. Finally, the “right to development” within the international human rights discourse is critically reviewed, particularly in light of new jurisprudence emerging from the African context.This book offers a fresh, new and balanced legal perspective on the development process. The text has been rigorously researched and has many practical facets based on the author’s professional experience within the international development field. It is an invaluable research and teaching tool since it takes a multidisciplinary approach to putting complex issues, legal trends and political questions into a clear, new perspective that is highly analytical as well as accessible to the reader. The author's elegant legal prose is both powerful and persuasive.

Rumu Sarkar is Adjunct Law Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Caleb Zakarin is editor at the New Books Network.

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