The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality – Core Themes

Pistor Katharina ()
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Pistor Katharina: Law School, Columbia University, New York, USA

Accounting, Economics, and Law: A Convivium, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: In this brief introduction, I summarize the core themes of my book “The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality”. Capital, I argue, is coded in law – predominantly in a handful of private law institutions. By relying on legal coding techniques, asset holders invoke the right to enforce claims against others, if necessary with the help of the state’s coercive power.

Keywords: Capital; private law; the legal profession; global capitalism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L21 L22 P10 P12 P14 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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