Law and Development Encyclopedia

Objectives

The Law and Development Encyclopedia (Edward Elgar) presents an overview of key terms in the law and development field. Key terms in all relevant areas of the law and development literature are discussed. There are entries covering the following areas:

The sustainable development goals;
Concepts of law and development;
Actors;
Economic law;
Environmental law;
Governance and Human Rights.

The Encyclopedia is a joint initiative of the Law and Development Research Network (LDRN)

Editors

Koen De Feyter, Chair of International Law, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Gamze Erdem Türkelli, Post-doctoral researcher, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Stéphanie De Moerloose, Professor of International Development Cooperation at University Austral, Argentina

Associate Editors

Philipp Dann, Professor for Public and Comparative Law, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
Avinash Govindjee, Nelson Mandela University, Executive Dean Faculty of Law, South Africa
Elina Pirjatanniemi, Professor of Constitutional and International Law, Director of the Institute for Human Rights, Abo Akademi, Finland
Celine Tan, Associate Professor on International Economic Law, School of Law, University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Editorial Assistant

Alberto Pecoraro, Doctoral Researcher, University of Antwerp