LDI announces 2020 Law and Development Conference.

The Law and Development Institute (www.lawanddevelopment.net) and Bucerius Law School are pleased to announce the 2020 Law and Development Conference in Hamburg, Germany.

Economic development is the term that has been associated with less developed countries in the Third World (“developing countries”), not the economically advanced countries (“developed countries”). However, development problems in high income countries are not less important. Changing economic conditions in recent decades caused stagnating wages and widening economic gaps among individual citizens and regions within developed countries. Stagnant economic growth deepening economic polarization and institutional incapacity to deal with these issues can be observed in several rich countries. Private law, public law, and institutions in general play a crucial role in addressing these problems. The conference addresses law and development issues relevant to high income countries on the following sub-topics.

– The Role of State, Law, and Institutions for Economic Development
– Poverty and Inequality in High Income Countries and the Role of Law
– Law and Social Development: Justice, Corruption, and Social Responsibility
– International Trade Law, WTO, and Rising Issues

The conference program is available online at www.lawanddevelopment.net/2020Conference.php.

The select conference papers will be published in the 2021 Special Issue of Law and Development Review (www.degruyter.com/ldr) published by DeGruyter.
The conference is open to the general public. There is no registration fee, but participants must register online at www.lawanddevelopment.net/registration2020.php no later than October 15, 2020.