Books

The War of Notaries (In Spanish)	Realizing Property Rights (with Francis Cheneval)	The Mystery of Capital	The Other Path

The War of the Notaries (in Spanish) was published in 2007 in Peru in response to a 2006 book contracted by the Association of Notaries Public in Lima attacking the ILD’s work and property rights reforms in Peru will help the reader understand the urgency of property rights for small owners, women and other fragile human groups like refugees.

Realizing Property Rights is a collection of a series of papers presented at an International Symposium in Switzerland in 2006 on the urgency of property rights in impoverished countries for small business owners, women and other fragile human groups, such as the poor and political refugees. Hernando de Soto delivered a paper on the ILD’s work in Tanzania.

The Mystery of Capital is Hernando de Soto’s second major book, based on the research and experience accumulated by the ILD since the publication of The Other Path.

The Other Path is Hernando de Soto’s first book, and is based on the ILD’s early research in the 1980’s. Clicking here will take you to a new prologue for the book written by Hernando de Soto that offers insight into the historical context of the research, writing and publishing of The Other Path. A full version of the first chapter is also available.