Mariana Mota Prado Author

Mariana Mota Prado has published extensively on law and development, including two co-authored books with Michael J. Trebilcock: What Makes Poor Countries Poor? Institutional Determinants of Development (2013) and Advanced Introduction to Law and Development (2014). She has taught at the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies in London, the Fundação Getúlio Vargas Rio de Janeiro Law School, Brazil, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México Law School, Los Andes Law School in Colombia, and the University of Puerto Rico School of Law. Michael J. Trebilcock has published on many subjects related to institutional reforms and development and has won multiple awards for his work, including the Owen Prize for The Common Law of Restraint of Trade. He has also authored The Limits of Freedom of Contract (1994) and Dealing with Losers: The Political Economy of Policy Transitions (2014, winner of the Donner Prize) and co-authored Rule of Law Reform and Development: Charting the Fragile Path of Progress (2008).