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Legal heterodoxy in the global South : adapting private laws to local contexts -- Contract law and inequality in the global South : Brazil, Colombia, and South Africa -- Reducing inequality in consumer transactions : the significance of aggravated vulnerabilities -- Contracts, inequality, and the state : contract law ultraheterodoxy in China -- Tort law heterodoxy in China -- Evictions during the pandemic : an empirical discussion from the Brazilian law perspective -- Heterodox legal informality : some examples from Latin America -- Heterodoxy of the Brazilian Supreme Court : setting a new precedent as response to ultra-ortodoxy of the patent law system -- The political economy of India's corporate social responsibility reforms -- Corporate law in the global South : heterodox stakeholderism -- Global legal pluralism and the rights of nature.

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This volume challenges the common perception that legal systems in developing countries are outdated or plagued by enforcement issues. Instead, it presents detailed case studies of private law in the Global South, showcasing how countries in the region have embraced legal doctrines that diverge from traditional approaches in the Global North. Chapters cover core areas of private law, including contracts, property, torts, corporations, and legal personality. The case studies range from India's adoption of CSR rules to Argentina's protection of hyper-vulnerable consumers. This volume demonstrates how many countries have incorporated social and distributional concerns into their private law regimes. Through these examples, the book presents a set of under-appreciated and innovative legal developments in the Global South. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.