A few years ago, Katharina Pistor published a book that presented a powerful illustration of the profound political, economic and social consequences that have resulted from a depoliticised and market-centric approach to private law. In The Code of Capital: How Law Creates Wealth and Inequality, Pistor shone a spotlight on the role of lawyers in fashioning a malleable roster of legal ‘modules’, predominantly of a private law character – contract law, property rights, collateral law, and trust, corporate, and bankruptcy laws – that create capital assets and protect private wealth … (more)
[Anna Chadwick, Transformative Private Law Blog, 24 October 2024]
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