Yong-Shik Lee

Yong-Shik Lee is a former diplomat and now academic legal, international relations, and economic development expert. He is the Founding Director and Professorial Fellow at the Law and Development Institute and has taught at a range of leading universities including Cornell University, New York University, Emory University, Tulane University, the University of Manchester, and the University of Sydney. He has an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley and law degrees, including a bacvehlors, masters and PhD from the University of Cambridge.^[1][2]

He is most noted for his work on Law and Development and is Founder and Editor-in-Chief (2008 – present) of the Law and Development Review. ^[3] His principal contribution is his Analytical Law and Development Model (ADM).^[4]

Selected publications

Lee, Y. S. (2020). New general theory of economic development: Innovative growth and distribution. Review of development economics, 24(2), 402-423. Lee, Y. S. (2017). General theory of law and development. Cornell Int'l LJ, 50, 415. Lee, Y. S. (2015). Call for a new analytical model for law and development. Law and development review, 8(1), 1-67.