An Interdisciplinary Focus

The work will integrate comparative and historical approaches, drawing on the different methodologies developed by comparative lawyers and legal historians. Since the work focuses on the specifically legal aspects of development, the majority of the principal researchers will be lawyers. That said, the project will obviously involve scholars familiar with broader economic and social analysis in the endeavour. We would envisage their acting primarily as interlocutors and commentators, ensuring that we were not downplaying differences between the social and economic experiences in different places. The one non-legal topic which we identify as sufficiently pivotal to demand expert competence throughout the lifetime of the project is the history of insurance.