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The law and legal methods on which we currently rely have failed to evolve along with technology. In Rules for a Flat World, Gillian Hadfield shows us that law provides critical infrastructure for the cooperation and collaboration on which economic growth is built.

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Overall, Rules for a Flat World is a valuable introduction...Its heady mix of down-to-earth readability and cutting-edge critique and imagination make it a must-read for engaging in this essential design process. * Palma Joy Strand, Design Issues *

Table of Contents
Preface Chapter 1: Rethinking what we mean by law Chapter 2: The invention of law Chapter 3: Law and the dancing landscape Chapter 4: The birth of modern legal infrastructure Chapter 5: Building a stable platform for complexity Chapter 6: The flat world Chapter 7: The limits of complexity and the cost of law Chapter 8: Problem-solving through markets Chapter 9: Markets for lawyers Chapter 10: Markets for rules Chapter 11: Life in the BoP Chapter 12: Building law for the BoP Chapter 13: Global markets for BoP legal infrastructure Conclusion

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
      Publication Date: 08/12/2016
      ISBN13: 9780199916528, 978-0199916528
      ISBN10: 0199916527

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The law and legal methods on which we currently rely have failed to evolve along with technology. In Rules for a Flat World, Gillian Hadfield shows us that law provides critical infrastructure for the cooperation and collaboration on which economic growth is built.

      Trade Review
      Overall, Rules for a Flat World is a valuable introduction...Its heady mix of down-to-earth readability and cutting-edge critique and imagination make it a must-read for engaging in this essential design process. * Palma Joy Strand, Design Issues *

      Table of Contents
      Preface Chapter 1: Rethinking what we mean by law Chapter 2: The invention of law Chapter 3: Law and the dancing landscape Chapter 4: The birth of modern legal infrastructure Chapter 5: Building a stable platform for complexity Chapter 6: The flat world Chapter 7: The limits of complexity and the cost of law Chapter 8: Problem-solving through markets Chapter 9: Markets for lawyers Chapter 10: Markets for rules Chapter 11: Life in the BoP Chapter 12: Building law for the BoP Chapter 13: Global markets for BoP legal infrastructure Conclusion

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