The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
Katharina Pistor • Princeton University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0691178974
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
Katharina Pistor • Princeton University Press
ISBN-10: 0691178976 · ISBN-13: 978‑0691178974
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Katharina Pistor examines the legal mechanisms that underpin global wealth accumulation, arguing that private law acts as the primary architecture for capital formation. By analyzing how assets are coded through contracts, trusts, and corporate structures, the author reveals how legal strategies transform ordinary property into protected capital, thereby entrenching systemic economic inequality.
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