Title: Sovereign finance and the poverty of nations : odious debt in international law / Yvonne Wong.
Authors: Wong, Yvonne,
Publisher: Edward Elgar,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Debts, External Law and legislation; Debts, Public Law and legislation; Debt relief; Debts, Public; Finance, Public; Poverty; International law.
Abstract: This important and timely book explains the legal principles and politics involved in the issue of odious debts, and sovereign debt arrangements more generally.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 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.