This book is an indispensable guide to understanding the legal face of globalization.

1. An introduction: the third moment in law and development theory and the emergence of a new critical practice David M. Trubek and Alvaro Santos; 2. Three globalizations of law and legal thought: 1850¿2000 Duncan Kennedy; 3. The 'Rule of Law' in development assistance: past, present, and future David M. Trubek; 4. The 'Rule of Law', political choices, and development common sense David Kennedy; 5. The dialectics of law and development Scott Newton; 6. The future of law and development: second generation reforms and the incorporation of the social Kerry Rittich; 7. The World Bank's uses of the 'Rule of Law' promise in economic development Alvaro Santos.