The Future of Law and Development: Second Generation Reforms and the Incorporation of the Social by Kerry Rittich
One of the most significant events in the field of development in recent years has been the effort to incorporate social concerns into the mainstream agenda of market reform and economic development… Part One and Part Two
Read MoreConvergences and Divergences in International Legal Norms on Migrant Labor by Chantal Thomas
Multiple international legal regimes’-in human rights law, refugee law, labor law, trade law and criminal law-address, to some degree, the rights and privileges that should be accorded to aliens working within the territories of states parties. Even within these particular subject areas, let alone between them, however, “little has been done” in the way of synthesis… Part One Part...
Read MoreThe White Savior Industrial Complex, Teju Cole
Teju Cole, The White Savior Industrial Complex, The Atlantic (March 21, 2012) A week and a half ago, I watched the Kony2012 video. Afterward, I wrote a brief seven-part response, which I posted in sequence on my Twitter account.These tweets were retweeted, forwarded, and widely shared by readers. They migrated beyond Twitter to blogs, Tumblr, Facebook, and other sites; I’m told they generated fierce arguments. As the days went by, the tweets were reproduced in their entirety on the...
Read MoreBlack Sites: Locating the Family and Family Law in Development by Kerry Rittich
While the family as an economic institution has traditionally been sidelined in development policy, development institutions like the World Bank now promote a range of legal and policy reforms that touch on the family and the household. This Article considers how interventions designed to expand formal markets and to encourage participation in markets and investments in human capital might provoke change within the family and the household. Although they aim to increase welfare by increasing...
Read MoreCritical Race Theory and Postcolonial Development Theory: Observations on Methodology by Chantal Thomas
In recent years, increasing interest has arisen as to the potential applications for Critical Race Theory (“CRT”) in international legal critique. This Essay raises the question in methodological form. Critical Race Theory and Postcolonial Development Theory: Observations on Methodology, 45 Villanova Law Review 1195 (2000) (Symposium on Critical Race Theory and International Law).
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