Law, Development and Innovation
This book deals with one strand of the intense debate concerning the links between law and development, namely the coordination of innovation processes and legal change. It analyzes how innovation, and ultimately development, can be fostered or hindered b
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eppe Bellantuono Fabiano Teodoro Lara Editors
Law, Development and Innovation
SxI – Springer for Innovation / SxI – Springer per l'Innovazione Volume 13
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/10062
Giuseppe Bellantuono Fabiano Teodoro Lara Editors
Law, Development and Innovation
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Editors Giuseppe Bellantuono Faculty of Law University of Trento Trento Italy
Fabiano Teodoro Lara Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Faculdade de Direito Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil
ISSN 2239-2688 ISSN 2239-2696 (electronic) SxI – Springer for Innovation / SxI – Springer per l'Innovazione ISBN 978-3-319-13310-2 ISBN 978-3-319-13311-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13311-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015943797 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Law, development and innovation. Of these three themes, it is development in which we are ultimately most interested: development is what has lifted a third of the world population out of the direst poverty over the past quarter century and holds the promise of doing the same for others still there. Law and innovation both serve this deeper purpose. How the causality amongst the three runs we do not know precisely. Law may be an enabling factor for innovation, but successful innovation may also call for legal change to facilitate future innovation. Both stimulate development, but development may in turn feedback with a lag to call forth legal adjustments and further innovation. The questions of how to stimulate development and how law contributes to this process have a long history. Once the economic take-off had occurred in Western Europe, thinkers from Hobbes and Locke, through Rousseau, Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, Adam Ferguson, Bent
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