Sovereign finance and the poverty of nations : odious debt in international law / Yvonne Wong

Main Author: Wong, Yvonne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, c2012
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.The odious debts doctrine: an overview
  • 2.Sovereign debt and its legal framework
  • 3.History of sovereign debt
  • 4.Sovereign debt and the poverty of nations
  • 5.A new era for international finance
  • 6.Justifications for a law banning odious debts
  • 7.Current ideas for how the odious debts doctrine could apply in practice
  • 8.The New Approach Odious Debts Doctrine (NAODD)
  • 9.Concluding remark