Contents:
1. Introduction Randall Peerenboom;
Part I. The Politics of Development in MICS:
2. The politics of law and development in middle-income countries Tom Ginsburg;
3. When does 'politics' get in the way of development?: the developmental state, good governance, and liberal democratic change in Malaysia and Singapore Surain Subramaniam;
Part II. MICs in a Globalized Economy:
4. The rise of middle-income countries in the international trading system Gregory Shaffer and Charles Sutton;
5. The middle intellectual property powers Peter Yu;
6. Growing wealth in East Asian MICs with transnational production regimes John Gillespie;
Part III. Good Governance and the Rule of Law in MICs:
7. Law and development in Central and Eastern Europe: neoliberal development state and its problems Bojan Bugaric;
8. Judicial intervention in civic-military relations: evidence from Colombia and Mexico Julio Rios-Figueroa and Maria Fernanda Gomez Aban;
9. The prospect for anti-corruption law in middle-income countries Kevin Davis;
10. The delivery of justice in middle-income countries Juan Botero;
Part IV. Socio-Economic Challenges in MICs:
11. The role of courts and constitutions in the new politics of welfare in Latin America Daniel Brinks and William Forbath;
12. The judicialization of health care: symptoms, diagnosis, and prescriptions Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito;
13. Nascent protections in emerging giants: struggles to judicialize labor rights in China and Indonesia William Hurst;
14. Environmental challenges in MICs: a comparison of enforcement in Brazil and China Benjamin van Rooij and Lesley K. McAllister;
Part V. International Donor Strategies for MICs:
15. The UN and governance in middle-income countries: a Vietnam case study Nick Booth;
16. Law and development in MICs: conclusion Randall Peerenboom and Tom Ginsburg