Abstract
Once upon a time, sovereign debts were just that-debts or the entitlement to be repaid fully, including interest. During the 1970s it was thought unnecessary to make any distinctions between debts, based on the assumption that sovereigns might possibly become illiquid, but could never become insolvent. Commercial banks disregarded the most elementary rules of prudent banking, including their duty of due diligence as lenders, laboring on the assumption that whatever flowed into developing countries would eventually flow back with fees and interest. Here, Raffer discusses the international dchapter nine debt arbitration.
Citation
Kunibert Raffer,
Odious, Illegitimate, Illegal, or Legal Debts—What Difference Does it Make for International Chapter 9 Debt Arbitration?,
70 Law and Contemporary Problems
221-248
(Fall 2007)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol70/iss4/9