The Reith Lectures

The Landscape of the Law

Jul 3, 2012

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The Rule of Law Is Good for Economic Growth

04:11

In China, There Is a Private System of Contracts Enforcement Going On.

01:33

The Landscape of Law

02:22

Introduction

3min

The Landscape of Law

2min

The Rule of Law Is Good for Economic Growth

4min

The Theory of Legal Origins

3min

A Brief History of the English Court of Chancery

4min

The Common Law of Contract Damages

2min

How Good Is the Rule of Law in the West?

4min

The United States and the World Bank's World Development Indicators Data Base

2min

Lawyers and the Rule of Law in China

3min

10.

China's Legal Landscape

4min

11.

The Chinese Paradox Is a Very Strong Growth and Weak Legal Institutions

3min

12.

In China, There Is a Private System of Contracts Enforcement Going On.

2min

13.

Is China a Substitute for the Common Law?

3min

14.

The German Empire and the Rule of Law

3min

15.

The African Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa

2min

16.

African Economic Development

2min

17.

The Independence of the Judiciary Is the Key

2min

18.

The Evolution of Human Rights

3min

19.

The British Press, Is It for the Prime Minister?

2min

The historian Niall Ferguson delivers a lecture at Gresham College in the heart of legal London, addressing the relationship between the nature of law and economic success. He examines the rule of law in comparative terms, asking how far the common law's claims to superiority over other systems are credible. Are we living through a time of creeping legal degeneration in the English-speaking world?

Producer: Jane Beresford.

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The Reith Lectures

The Landscape of the Law

The Rule of Law Is Good for Economic Growth

In China, There Is a Private System of Contracts Enforcement Going On.

The Landscape of Law

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