Tirthankar Roy is professor of economic history at the London School of Economics. Anand V. Swamy is the Willmott Family Third Century Professor of Economics at Williams College in Massachusetts. They are the coauthors of Law and the Economy in Colonial India, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

"This book is well researched and lucid and includes thoughtful commentary on the nexus between colonial institutions, contemporary political and economic pressures, and the underinvestment in India’s current legal infrastructure. Recommended."

• List of IllustrationsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Land Rights: Equity versus Transferability?Chapter 3. Rural Credit: Overreliance on LawChapter 4. Democratic Rights and the Limits of Eminent DomainChapter 5. Environmental Law: Judiciary Takes Center StageChapter 6. Law in a Labor-Surplus EconomyChapter 7. Politicians’ Burden? The Evolution of Company LawChapter 8. Globalization with a Nationalist Face: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Intellectual PropertyChapter 9. Property: Equity versus Religious NormsChapter 10. ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

Tirthankar Roy is professor of economic history at the London School of Economics. Anand V. Swamy is the Willmott Family Third Century Professor of Economics at Williams College in Massachusetts. They are the coauthors of Law and the Economy in Colonial India, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

"This book is well researched and lucid and includes thoughtful commentary on the nexus between colonial institutions, contemporary political and economic pressures, and the underinvestment in India’s current legal infrastructure. Recommended."

• List of IllustrationsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Land Rights: Equity versus Transferability?Chapter 3. Rural Credit: Overreliance on LawChapter 4. Democratic Rights and the Limits of Eminent DomainChapter 5. Environmental Law: Judiciary Takes Center StageChapter 6. Law in a Labor-Surplus EconomyChapter 7. Politicians’ Burden? The Evolution of Company LawChapter 8. Globalization with a Nationalist Face: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Intellectual PropertyChapter 9. Property: Equity versus Religious NormsChapter 10. ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex