Add to ORKGOne major tradition of understanding the powers and duties of sovereigns has particular relevance to arguments for revival and refurbishment of the odious debt doctrine. Here, Purdy and Fielding survey the critical role of private-law concepts in the development of this tradition. In this account, the state is a constructed and purposive legal actor, composed of a set of powers assigned by its subjects for the pursuit of certain human interests and bound by the obligation to secure and respect those interests. Moreover, they narrate that if there are inherent powers in a sovereign, they are only those that are implied by its inherent duties
When a corrupt governmental regime borrows money in the name of the state, and then steals or squand...
Combining legal interpretation with political science analysis, this Article highlights the competin...
This article argues that the doctrine of Odious Debt, which has enjoyed a revival since the U.S. inv...
One major tradition of understanding the powers and duties of sovereigns has particular relevance to...
Sovereigns incur debts, and creditors look to the law to hold sovereigns to their obligations. In le...
Combining legal interpretation with political science analysis, this Article highlights the competin...
The despotic ruler of a poor nation borrows extensively from foreign creditors. He spends some of th...
In this article I claim that states are in general morally responsible for repaying sovereign debts ...
The literature on sovereign debt treats law as of marginal significance, largely because the doctrin...
The literature on sovereign debt treats law as of marginal significance, largely because the doctrin...
Ben-Shahar borrows from a rich private-law tradition to explore the treatment of odious debt as a pr...
Ben-Shahar borrows from a rich private-law tradition to explore the treatment of odious debt as a pr...
Feibelman focuses on two particular doctrines of lender liability-equitable subordination and fraudu...
The academic literature on sovereign debt largely assumes that law has little role to play. Indeed, ...
Although provisions in a number of state constitutions limit the amount of debt a state may incur st...
When a corrupt governmental regime borrows money in the name of the state, and then steals or squand...
Combining legal interpretation with political science analysis, this Article highlights the competin...
This article argues that the doctrine of Odious Debt, which has enjoyed a revival since the U.S. inv...
One major tradition of understanding the powers and duties of sovereigns has particular relevance to...
Sovereigns incur debts, and creditors look to the law to hold sovereigns to their obligations. In le...
Combining legal interpretation with political science analysis, this Article highlights the competin...
The despotic ruler of a poor nation borrows extensively from foreign creditors. He spends some of th...
In this article I claim that states are in general morally responsible for repaying sovereign debts ...
The literature on sovereign debt treats law as of marginal significance, largely because the doctrin...
The literature on sovereign debt treats law as of marginal significance, largely because the doctrin...
Ben-Shahar borrows from a rich private-law tradition to explore the treatment of odious debt as a pr...
Ben-Shahar borrows from a rich private-law tradition to explore the treatment of odious debt as a pr...
Feibelman focuses on two particular doctrines of lender liability-equitable subordination and fraudu...
The academic literature on sovereign debt largely assumes that law has little role to play. Indeed, ...
Although provisions in a number of state constitutions limit the amount of debt a state may incur st...
When a corrupt governmental regime borrows money in the name of the state, and then steals or squand...
Combining legal interpretation with political science analysis, this Article highlights the competin...
This article argues that the doctrine of Odious Debt, which has enjoyed a revival since the U.S. inv...