Table of Contents

Introduction: Progress, Pitfalls, Scenarios, and Lost Opportunities; (Jeffrey D. Sachs and Katharina Pistor. ); Autocracy and the Rule of Law in Russian Economic History; (Thomas C. Owen. ); Russian Legal Tradition and the Rule of Law; (Michael Newcity. ); Constitutions and Economic Reform in the Post-Communist Transitions; (Joel S. Hellman. ); Economic Causes of Crime in Russia; (Anders slund. ); Police, Secret Police, and Civil Authority; (J. Michael Waller. ); Contracting in the Shadow of the State: Private Arbitration Commissions in Russia; (Timothy Frye. ); Developing Commercial Law in Transition Economies: Examples from Hungary and Russia; (Cheryl W. Gray and Kathryn Hendley. ); Company Law and Corporate Governance in Russia; (K. Pistor.)

About the Author

Jeffrey D. Sachs is the director of the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and the Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade at Harvard University. He has served as an economic advisor to several governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Asia, including the Russian Federation, and has published widely on the transition to market economies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, international financial markets, international macroeconomic policy coordination, and macroeconomic policies in developing and developed countries. Katharina Pistor is a research associate at HIID and a comparative lawyer. Her research and publications focus on comparative law with special emphasis on legal development in transition economies. Jeffrey D. Sachs is the director of the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) and the Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade at Harvard University. He has served as an economic advisor to several governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Asia, including the Russian Federation, and has published widely on the transition to market economies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, international financial markets, international macroeconomic policy coordination, and macroeconomic policies in developing and developed countries. Katharina Pistor is a research associate at HIID and a comparative lawyer. Her research and publications focus on comparative law with special emphasis on legal development in transition economies.