Religion, law and development: Islam and Christianity-Why is it in Occident and not in the Orient that man invented the institutions of freedom?

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-129

  Facchini, Francois ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Development and property rights; Liberty; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149089854     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-009-9113-y     Document Type: Article

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