Legal Infrastructure for a Better World

(28 Jan 10 - RV) French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday told a room full of international bankers and CEOs to expect tighter banking regulations and new bookkeeping rules.

He was speaking during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a meeting that brings together world leaders from politics, business, and society. This year’s theme is “Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild”.

The Director General of the International Development Law Organization, William T. Loris, is in Davos. He told Charles Collins the participants at Davos cannot forget the legal infrastructure when trying to create a better society...