REVIEW Partially odious debts? A framework for an optimal liability regime
November 20, 2007,
This provocative paper is sure to raise the ire of a civil society that wants Third World debts canceled because of their illegitimacy. But it won’t make the lenders who want "no fault" debt forgiveness (courtesy of Northern taxpayers) happy either. Instead, authors Ben-Shahar and Gulati push the legal envelope of "how to" resolve the Third World debt quagmire and in doing so, empower odious debt advocates with more legal fight with than ever before. [Full story]
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REVIEW Odious debts: the terms of the debate
November 02, 2007,
This is Jeff King’s second major work on the doctrine of odious debts. Like the first, this one is full of important legal history and arguments that odious debt advocates will want to know. [Full story]
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REVIEW The concept of odious debt in public international law
October 26, 2007,
This recent paper by Professor Howse of the University of Michigan Law School (for UNCTAD and financed by the Norwegian government) undercuts odious debt naysayers by describing how odious debt-like challenges have been happening under our very noses; one just need look for them. [Full story]
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REVIEW The dilemma of odious debts
October 20, 2007,
Entertaining, clear and compelling, “The Dilemma of Odious Debts” is an unusual entry to the canon because the authors argue that while challenging odious debts under public international law is most likely hopeless, resorting to private domestic law is very hopeful. [Full story]
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