State-Building and the Rule of Law Seminar (5103): Rule of law requires a capable state. How are capable states built? What is the relationship of the state to rule of law? How do state capacity and the rule of law relate to the various stages of economic development? The State-Building and Rule of Law Seminar is centrally concerned with bridging theory and practice, and understanding the relationship of law to political, social, and economic change. For example, who are the domestic and international constituencies that promote and impede such change? How might coalitions be built to effect change? The seminar introduces the key theories relevant to state-building generally and strengthening the rule of law in particular. This course expounds on the multidisciplinary nature of development--through readings, lectures, case studies, and seminar discussions--and asks how lawyers fit in and contribute to the process. Case studies will be used as a way to analyze international development and rule-of-law practice. The set of countries considered within the scope of this workshop is broad. It includes, among others, economically advanced states like Japan, South Korea, the US; fast-rising economies like India, China, Rwanda, and Brazil (until recently); and economically-lagging states like Pakistan, Venezuela, and Timor-Leste. Grading is based on participation and a research paper or proposal. The automatic grading penalty will be waived for research papers. The research paper may be a group project (Section 01) graded MP/R/F or an individual in-depth research paper or proposal, either of which could be the basis for future field research (Section 02) graded H/P/R/F. Students approved for Section 01 or Section 02 may receive R credit. Automatic grading penalty waived for submission of the final work products. Stanford non-law students may apply for this course by submitting a non-law student course add request form available at https://law.stanford.edu/education/courses/non-law-students/ to Dinsha Mistree (dmistree@stanford.edu). Cross-listed with International Policy (INTLPOL 352).