Table Of Contents:
Part I: INTRODUCTION
1. New Ground (and How it is Broken): An Introduction

Part II: LAW, INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
2. Institutional Reform as Bargain
3. Examining the Relationship Between Labour Laws and Economic Development of India
4. Crimes in India: In the Perspective of Property Crime
5. Role of Judiciary in the Interpretation of the Land Acquisition Law: A Comparative Study of the US
and India

Part III: REGULATING THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
6. Challenges of the Global Financial Regulatory System: In the Era of Financial Innovation
7. A Study on Trends and Regulations of NPAs in Indian Commercial Banks

Part IV: TRADE AND INVESTMENT
8. Investment Economics: An Introduction
9. Paradiplomacy: Local Governance, International Relations and Statutory Restraints
10. An Overview of Assam’s Export Potentials: Trends, Pattern and Challenges
11. Effect of Tariff Regulation in Major Port Container Terminals: The Case of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

Part V: COMPETITION LAW
12. Determining Thresholds in Competition Law: Some Concerns on Inherited Costs
13. Juxtaposition of the Liberalisation Policies and the Competition Law(s) in India


Part VI: ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
14. To Conciliate or (Not) to Conciliate: Empirical Evidence from Labour Disputes in India
15. Transition to Online Dispute Resolution: A Mechanism to Curb Transaction Cost in Access to Justice


Part VII: LAW AND SOCIETY
16. An Attempt Towards Making Contract Marriage an Option in India
17. Efficacy of Social Norms in Supplementing the Contents of Law


Part VIII: ECONOMICS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
18. A Perspective on Law and Economics in the Indian Context
19. Exploring the Effects of Agency Theory on Ownership Structures and Firm Performance


Part IX: CONSUMER PROTECTION
20. Consumer Sovereignty: A Common Thread Between Competition Law and Consumer Protection Law
21. Consumer Law Between Paternalism and Market Orientation from a Law and Economics Perspective