Sovereign defaults before International courts and tribunals

International law on sovereign defaults is underdeveloped because States have largely refrained from adjudicating disputes arising out of public debt. The looming new wave of sovereign defaults is likely to shift dispute resolution away from national courts to international tribunals and transform t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waibel, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011
Series:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Sovereign debt crises and defaults
  • Political responses to sovereign defaults
  • Quasi-receivership of highly indebted countries
  • Monetary reform and sovereign debt
  • Financial necessity
  • National settlement institutions
  • Arbitration on sovereign debt
  • Arbitration clauses in sovereign debt instruments
  • Creditor protection in international law
  • ICSID arbitration on sovereign debt
  • Overlapping jurisdiction over sovereign debt
  • Sovereign default as trigger of responsibility
  • Compensation on sovereign debt
  • Building durable institutions for adjudicating sovereign defaults