Towards a reorganisation system for sovereign debt : an international law perspective /
The insolvency of sovereign debtors is a virtually timeless phenomenon and yet the existing international financial architecture does not provide any legal framework to deal with this issue. Following an overview of the main proposals as to how to bridge this gap, this study analyses the extent to w...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
2007
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The insolvency of sovereign debtors is a virtually timeless phenomenon and yet the existing international financial architecture does not provide any legal framework to deal with this issue. Following an overview of the main proposals as to how to bridge this gap, this study analyses the extent to which public international law can be used as a source for the establishment of a reorganisation system for sovereign debt. While there is no adequate customary international law relating to sovereign insolvencies, reference can instead be made to the growing body of general principles of law. This i. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 312 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-301) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047431428 9047431421 1281936855 9781281936851 9786611936853 6611936858 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
