Development policy and legal persistence: evidence from India

Roy, Tirthankar ORCID: 0000-0002-4183-2781 and Swamya, Anand V. (2025) Development policy and legal persistence: evidence from India. Rivista di Storia Economica, 41 (1). pp. 95-116. ISSN 0393-3415

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Abstract

It is widely believed that colonial-era institutions, including laws, persist well past independence. This is due to political vested interests or high switching costs. While these factors have surely mattered, the most important determinant of independent India’s legal trajectory has been its development strategy. With some important exceptions and delays, law has usually persisted or changed as needed by development policy.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 Società editrice il Mulino.
Divisions:	Economic History
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions J Political Science K Law J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
JEL classification:	N - Economic History > N4 - Government, War, Law, and Regulation > N45 - Asia including Middle East K - Law and Economics > K1 - Basic Areas of Law > K11 - Property Law K - Law and Economics > K1 - Basic Areas of Law > K12 - Contract Law K - Law and Economics > K2 - Regulation and Business Law > K22 - Corporation and Securities Law O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O17 - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements: Legal, Social, Economic, and Political O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O20 - General Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q15 - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination P - Economic Systems > P4 - Other Economic Systems > P45 - International Trade, Finance, Investment, and Aid
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2025 13:18
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2025 16:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128482

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