The hurried reader will appreciate the structure of the book, which makes its salient features easily accessible. It is legal coding that turns an asset into capital and gives it the capacity to generate wealth for its owner. This process-of construction-involves two ingredients: an asset and the legal code. In essence, this book is a probe into the construction of capital. Katharina Pistor’s The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality is impressive and expansive. The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality. This is a welcome interdisciplinary contribution which attaches fresh dimensions to debates on the political economy of wealth and inequality and will be a valuable resource for anyone seeking to grapple with the formidable nature of global capital, writes Juvaria Jafri. In The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality, Katharina Pistor offers an expansive analysis of the construction of capital, showing legal coding to be at the heart of this process.
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