Its members have joined forces to oppose those seeking to impose Shariah's intolerant, barbaric code in America through the stealthy penetration of, among other things, our culture, legal system and capital markets.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Coalition to Stop Shariah press conference 11/6

The flight of capital from the legal system accelerated once the Indian government eased its tight control with economic reforms that started in 1991, the report says.

FORBES: India Has Lost At Least A Half-Trillion Dollars To Corruption Since Independence

With no statewide public-defender system, legal representation for capital cases is notoriously shoddy, and defendants in Texas face judges who have been elected for their promises to speed up appeals in capital cases.

ECONOMIST: Election Briefing: Death penalty

As De Soto has said, one of the biggest political challenges facing developing countries is to bring the assets of the extralegal sector into a more inclusive legal property system in which they can become more productive and generate capital for their owners.

FORBES: Making Business Work for the Poor

Since the economic crisis, banks have lent little, partly because of a lack of capital, and partly because they have been reluctant to lend to risky borrowers under a legal system that makes it hard to collect debts.

ECONOMIST: Mexican banks