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Linking the Rule of Law and Trade Liberalization in Jamaica

Rachel J. Anderson
William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV

African-American Law & Policy Report , Vol. 7, 2005

Abstract:
Jamaica is one of several smaller countries that hope to improve their position in the global market, raise living standards, and strengthen democracy through trade liberalization. Adapting David Dollar's cycles of good governance, this article argues that sustainable trade liberalization, rule of law, and democracy are linked and that sustainable success in one area requires contemporaneous progress in the other two. It concludes that improving the rule of law in Jamaica is necessary for sustainable trade liberalization.

Keywords: rule of law, international trade, democracy, Jamaica, Caribbean

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Date posted: April 08, 2008 ; Last revised: April 08, 2008

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Anderson, Rachel J., Linking the Rule of Law and Trade Liberalization in Jamaica. African-American Law & Policy Report , Vol. 7, 2005. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1117694

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