Abstract
Following the United States' invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq,' the US government argued that the successor government in Iraq was not responsible for Iraq's Saddam-era debt under the purported doctrine of odious-regime debt. This purported doctrine apparently excused--by operation of law--all successor regimes from repaying debts that were incurred by oppressive predecessor regimes. Here, Cheng presents three-part response regarding the purported rule that oppressive debts of a predecessor government do not bind its successor.
Citation
Tai-Heng Cheng,
Renegotiating the Odious Debt Doctrine,
70 Law and Contemporary Problems
7-32
(Summer 2007)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol70/iss3/3