TheLawsandEconomicsofConfucianism

The book explores the comparative legal and economic history of rural China and England. It seeks to understand why these two regions developed different property institutions during the early modern period, and whether these differences had any significant macroeconomic impacts. To support its central thesis, the book integrates cultural analysis with law and economics – two theoretical frameworks that have had a significant impact on the study of these topics.

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Thebookisastudyincomparativelegalandeconomichistory.ItaskswhyearlymodernpropertyinstitutionsinruralChinaandEnglandwentdowndistinctlydifferentpaths—andwhethertheseinstitutionaldifferenceshadanymacro-leveleconomiceffects.Thebook’scentralthesistiestogetherculturalanalysiswithlawandeconomics—twotheoreticalparadigmsthathavehadvirtuallynointeractionoverthepastseveraldecades—butalsoengagesthegrowingliteratureonglobaleconomicdivergence.