| Despite a significant presence of development agencies in developing countries such as Jamaica, the projects they embark on, particularly legal reform projects do not seem to have a direct effect on development. In an effort to answer the question of why it is that legal reform work does not achieve increased development, this thesis uses the three moments of law and development as described by David M. Trubek in his book the New Law and Economic Development: A Critical Appraisal, to analyse two legal reform projects undertaken in Jamaica. The two projects analysed are the Canadian International Development Agency's Jamaica Justice System Reform Project (2006--2007) and the Social Conflict and Legal Reform Project (1999-2005). The analysis of these two projects supports the final conclusion that there is in fact no direct correlation between law and development but rather law is merely ancillary to development. |
