Law and development is an interdisciplinary study of law and economic and social development. It examines the relation between law and development and anlyzes how to use law as an instrument to promote economic development, democracy and human rights.
In the 1960s, some American organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Ford Foundation sponsored the law reform in developing countries. Legal scholars from leading American law schools wrote many articles discussing the contribution of law reform to economic development. This was called the law and development movement. However, after only one decade, both key involved scholars and former Ford Foundation officials declared this movement failed.[1]