The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and InequalityA compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealth What is it that transforms a simple object, an idea, or a promise to pay into an asset that creates wealth? Katharina Pistor explains how, behind closed doors in the offices of private attorneys, capital is created and why this little known activity is one of the biggest reasons for the widening wealth gap between the holders of capital and everybody else. A powerful new way of