Doctrine of Odious Debt in International Law - A Restatement

This book outlines how odious debts are not legally binding under international or domestic law, contrary to widely held legal opinion.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. International law, sovereign debt, and odious debt; 3. The status of odious debts in international law; 4. The enforceability of odious debts in domestic law; 5. Conclusion.

About the author

Jeff King is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Laws, University College London. He was previously a Fellow and Tutor in Law at Balliol College, Oxford, and an Associate at Sullivan and Cromwell LLP, New York City. His book Judging Social Rights (Cambridge, 2012) won the 2014 UK Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship. He is Co-Editor of Current Legal Problems and the UK Constitutional Law Blog, and sits on the Editorial Committee of Public Law. His scholarship spans comparative public law, international law, and jurisprudence and political theory.

Summary

Breaking with widespread scepticism, King comprehensively restates the doctrine of odious debt and uses contemporary international and domestic law to redefine the doctrine in a way suitable for judicial application. This groundbreaking book is essential reading for practising lawyers, scholars, and development and human rights workers.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff King
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781107567320
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56732-0
• No. of pages: 247
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Taxation, Public International Law, Taxation and duties law, Taxation & duties law