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Authored Books

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2008) Global Business, Local Law: The Indian Legal System as a Communal Resource in Foreign Investment Relations. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2001) Legal Systems as a Determinant of FDI, Lessons from Sri Lanka. The Hague; Boston: Kluwer Law International.

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Ashiagbor, Diamond, Kotiswaran, Prabha and Perry-Kessaris, Amanda, eds. (2013) Towards an Economic Sociology of Law. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. (Journal of Law and Society Special Issues)

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda, ed. (2012) Socio-legal Approaches to International Economic Law: Text, context, subtext. London: Routledge.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda, ed. (2009) Law in Pursuit of Development: Principles into Practice. Abingdon: Routledge.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda and Hatchard, John, eds. (2003) Law and Development in the 21st Century: Facing complexity. London: Routledge-Cavendish.

Book Chapters

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2010) 'Corporate Liability for Environmental Harm.' In: Fitzmaurice, Malgosia, Ong, David M. and Merkouris, Panos, (eds.), Research Handbook on International Environmental Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2010) 'Enriching the World Bank’s Vision of National Legal Systems and Foreign Direct Investment.' In: Bergling, Per, Ederlöf, Jenny and Taylor, Veronica, (eds.), Rule of Law Promotion: Global Perspectives, Local Applications. Uppsala: Iustus Forlag. ((Skrifter från Juridiska institutionen vid Umeå universitet, 21))

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2007) 'Gateways to Environmental Justice in India’s Garden City: Local Solutions to Global Challenges.' In: Harding, Andrew, (ed.), Access to Environmental Justice: A Comparative Study. The Netherlands: Brill.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2003) 'Decision Making in a Regulatory Environment: Representing the Butterfly.' In: Harding, Andrew and Perry-Kessaris, Amanda, (eds.), Law and Development in the 21st Century: Facing Complexity. London: Cavendish.

Newton, Scott (2003) 'Post-Communist Legal Form: the Elision of the Political.' In: Perry-Kessaris, Amanda and Hatchard, John, (eds.), Law and Development: Facing Complexity in the 21st Century: Essays in honour of Peter Slinn. London: Cavendish.

Muchlinski, Peter (2003) 'Technology Transfer: Shifting Models of Law.' In: Hatchard, John and Perry-Kessaris, Amanda, (eds.), Law and Development: Facing Complexity in the 21st Century. London: Cavendish.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2000) 'Sustainable Gateways to Environmental Justice.' In: Pugh, Cedric, (ed.), Sustainable Cities in Developing Countries. London: Earthscan.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (1999) 'International Economic Organisations and The Modern Law and Development Movement.' In: Seidman, Ann, Seidman, Robert and Wälde, Thomas, (eds.), Making Development Work: legislative reform for institutional transformation and good governance. The Hague; Boston: Kluwer Law International.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (1998) 'Law and Urban Change in an Indian City.' In: Fernandes, Edesio and Varley, Ann, (eds.), Illegal Cities: Law and Urban Change in Developing Countries. London: Zed Book.

Journal Article

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2014) 'The Case for a Visualized Economic Sociology of Legal Development.' Current Legal Problems, 67 (1). pp. 169-198.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2013) 'Anemos‐ity, Apatheia, Enthousiasmos: An Economic Sociology of Law and Wind Farm Development in Cyprus.' Journal of Law and Society, 40 (1). pp. 68-91.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2011) 'Prepare your indicators: Economics imperialism on the shores of law and development.' International Journal of Law in Context, 7 (4). pp. 401-421.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2011) 'Reading the story of law and embeddedness through a community lens: A Polanyi-meets-Cotterrell economic sociology of law?' Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 62 (4). pp. 401-413.

Cohen, Elin, Fandl, K. J., Perry-Kessaris, Amanda and Talyor, V. T. (2011) 'Truth and consequences in rule of law: Inferences, attribution and evaluation.' Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 3 (1). pp. 102-129.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2008) 'Recycle, Reduce and Reflect: Information Overload and Knowledge Deficit in the Field of Foreign Investment and the Law.' Journal of Law and Society, 35 (1). pp. 67-75.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2004) 'Use, Abuse and Avoidance: Foreign Investors and the Legal System in Bangalore.' Asia Pacific Law Review, 12 (2). pp. 161-189.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2003) 'Finding and Facing Facts about Legal Systems and FDI in South Asia.' Legal Studies, 23 (4). pp. 649-689.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2002) 'Multinational Enterprises, International Economic Organisations and Convergence among Legal Systems.' Non-State Actors and International Law, 2 (1). pp. 22-39.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2002) 'The Relationship between Legal Systems and Economic Development: Integrating Economic and Cultural Approaches.' Journal of Law and Society, 29 (2). pp. 282-307.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2000) 'Effective Legal Systems and Foreign Direct Investment: In Search of the Evidence.' International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 49 (4). pp. 779-799.

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda (2000) 'An Ideal Legal System for Attracting Foreign Direct Investment? Some Theory and Reality.' American University International Law Review, 15 (6). pp. 1627-1657.

Monographs and Working Papers

Perry-Kessaris, Amanda and Anderson, Michael R. (1996) Access to Environmental Justice in Bangalore: Legal Gateways in Context. London: SOAS School of Law Research Paper No. 04/2011.