1st Edition

Law, Development and Regulatory Globalisation The Case of the World Bank in India's Electricity Sector

By Adithya Chintapanti Copyright 2024
234 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Exploring the phenomenon of diffusion of legal norms accompanying economic globalisation in developing countries, this book examines the blanket imposition of standard regulatory templates, maintaining that every jurisdiction requires customised legal solutions. Adopted by over 80 developing jurisdictions, the World Bank’s 1993 regulatory template for electricity sector reform has been one of... Read more

1. Observing the Refraction of Law 2. Refraction in Regulatory Space and Legal Pluralism 3. Tensions and the Non-Autonomous State 4. Electricity - Role of the State, Political Economy, and Regulatory Reform 5. Andhra Pradesh - A State "Susceptible" to a Powerful Society 6. The State as a Semi-Autonomous Social Field - Self-Organisation in the Observable Field of Analysis 7. Self-Regulation in the Observable Field of Analysis and Pluralism in State Law 8. Conclusion

Biography

Adithya Chintapanti is Professor at BML Munjal University, School of Law, India.