The Paradox of Free Market Democracy in the Developing World

Amy L. Chua is Professor of Law at Duke University, and currently a visiting professor at Stanford University. She received her J.D. from Harvard in 1987 where she was the Executive editor of the Harvard Law Review. She clerked for Chief Judge Patricia Wald ofthe U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit, 1987-1988), and was an Associate with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton from 1988-94, where she worked on numerous international transactions in Asia and Latin America, including privatization ofTelefonos de Mexico. She joined the Duke faculty in 1994. Professor Chua is currently a member of the Executive Committee and Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, and her publications include "Markets, Democracy, and Ethnicity: Toward a New Paradigm for Law and Development" (Yale Law Journal) and "The Privatization-Nationalization Cycle: The Link Between Markets and Ethnicity in Developing Countries" (Columbia Law Review). Her principal areas of interest are law and development, comparative law, international business transactions, and contracts.