Part One: Law under modernization: foundational discourse.- Chapter 1 -Critique of institutionalist-functionalist focus of the good governance paradigm.- Chapter 2 - Law under capitalist modernization (1947-1960's).- Chapter 3 - Law under socialist modernization (1970's-1980's).- Part Two: Law under neo-liberal development: Rights for democratic deficit.- Chapter 4- The rise of the judiciary in a 'weakening state' (1990's).- Chapter 5 - Law under 'good governance' (2000's).- Chapter 6 - Conclusion and theoretical implications.