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Law and the Economy in India: Before Independence and After

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Law and the Economy in India: Before Independence and After


Law and the Economy in India: Before Independence and After


Author:  Tirthankar Roy & Anand V Swamy


Publisher:  HarperCollins


Pages:  584


Price: Rs 799


For an economy to function optimally, participants must be certain of the outcomes — that the counterparty will perform its part, the wealth that one generates will remain with the creator, and that legal systems will ensure these. These attributes are a sine qua non for economic progress. Yet, as far back as 1793, Governor General Cornwallis rued that the “growing backlog of suits struck at the very root of the prosperity of the country”.


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