Globalization of Legal Services and Regulatory Reforms: Perspectives and Dynamics from India - Hardcover

Chanda, Rupa; Gupta, Pralok

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9351501434 ISBN 13: 9789351501435

Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

This book brings out the need to organize the Indian legal sector for greater competition against the backdrop of the changing economic realities in India and around the globe.

It argues that the primary issue facing this sector is not just that of liberalization and providing access to foreign firms, but also the weaknesses and regulatory gaps that affect its global competitiveness. Highlighting the prevailing dynamics, the book focuses on the regulatory challenges and perceptions surrounding the legal sector’s liberalization in a developing economy such as India.

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About the Author

Rupa Chanda is a Professor of Economics and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, with a PhD in Eco­nomics from Columbia University, New York. Earlier, she worked as an Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC. Her research interests include the WTO, international trade in services, regional integration, health services and migration. She has undertaken research assignments for various international and Indian organisa­tions, including the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), OECD, European Commission, World Bank and ICRIER. She has coordinated a research project on India–EU mobility in collaboration with the European and Indian insti­tutions. Professor Chanda has served on several committees including the Ministry of Commerce’s Expert Group on Services, the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs’ Academic Working Group on India–EU Labour Mobility Partnership and the Planning Commission’s High-Level Group on Services. She has written three books and edited one book on India’s trade in services and one book on India-EU mobility. She has presented her work in national and international forums.

Review

A pathbreaking study of the legal services industry in India, which addresses the central policy question: what needs to be done to make this sector globally competitive? A must-read for anyone interested in the future of India’s legal services sector.

Author: Shankar Acharya Source: Former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India

Trade in services is an increasingly important component of world trade. Careful examination of its potential and the restrictions imposed on it are essential. This study of legal services is an important contribution that will serve as a model for studies of other tradeable services.

Author: Jagdish Bhagwati

[This book] fills a much needed analytical space in the discussion of Indian services sectors, especially professional services...a comprehensive treatment that investigates the fundamental linkages of domestic regulation, domestic industry conditions, institutional features and the political economy and its relation to trade policy and trade negotiations was missing.

Author: Foreign Trade Review, Source: Volume 51 (Issue 1), February 2016

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 9351501434
• ISBN 13: 9789351501435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226