Rule of Law and Economic Development : A Comparative Analysis of Approaches to Economic Development Across the BRIC Countries

Reinvigorating the Faculty of Law's longstanding research interests in Russian legal development, this report is the outcome of a partnership between the Faculty of Law at McGill University and the Center for Legal and Economic Studies (CLES), based in Moscow. The report complements a larger broad-based study involving contributions by notable legal scholars including Roderick A. Macdonald (McGill University), Peter Solomon (University of Toronto), David Lametti (McGill University), René Provost (McGill University), and Fabien Gélinas (McGill University). The primary goal of this partnership for the faculty is to support the work of CLES by channelling Canadian and foreign expertise in a range of areas to advance transparency, accountability, and good governance in Russia. CLES is committed to strengthening the rule of law, with an emphasis on the modernization of Russian criminal law and law enforcement practice to spur and sustain much-needed economic development. By drawing on McGill's position as a centre of comparative and foreign law expertise, the faculty has sought to advance research on the interplay between legal and economic development in transition economies