Economic development is vital to the livelihood of billions of people. This course explores the role of law and legal institutions in the developmental policies of governments and international institutions. It considers political and economic theories of development; the "right" to development; the role of "political" laws in development (good governance and rule of law programs, free and fair elections, democratization and constitutionalism); the role of laws on human rights, labour, the environment, intellectual property, health and natural resources (water, energy, land and the sea); the role of corporations and privatization; developmental displacement of populations; the boundary between emergency relief and development; and developmental issues specific to women and children, minority groups and indigenous peoples (including the law on self-determination).