Law and Contemporary Problems

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Foreword: Of Lawyers, Leaders, and Returning Riddles in Sovereign Debt

Anna Gelpern and G. Mitu Gulati

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Essay: Restructuring Corporate Debt in the Context of a Systemic Crisis

Sean Hagan

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Essay: Sovereign Syndicated Bank Credits in the 1970s

Philip R. Wood

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Herding Cats: Collective-Action Clauses in Sovereign Debt — The Genesis of the Project To Change Market Practice in 2001 Through 2003

Randal Quarles

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Lawsuits and Empire: On the Enforcement of Sovereign Debt in Latin America

Faisal Z. Ahmed, Laura Alfaro, and Noel Maurer

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The Evolution of Modern Sovereign Debt Litigation: Vultures, Alter Egos, and Other Legal Fauna

Jonathan I. Blackman and Rahul Mukhi

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Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing

Lee C. Buchheit and G. Mitu Gulati

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Toward a Cosmopolitan Ethic in Debt Restructuring

Carmen Amalia Corrales

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Constructing Restructuring: Legal Narrative, Language Ideology, and the Financial Rehabilitation of Iraq

Hadi Nicholas Deeb

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Competition in the Underwriting Markets of Sovereign Debt: The Baring Crisis Revisited

Juan H. Flores

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The Market for Odious Debt

Caroline M. Gentile

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Addressing Collective-Action Problems in Securitized Credit

Nancy P. Jacklin

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Donegal v. Zambia and the Persistent Debt Problems of Low-Income Countries

Thomas Laryea

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Peru’s Experience in Sovereign Debt Management and Litigation: Some Lessons for the Legal Approach to Sovereign Indebtedness

Manuel Monteagudo

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Exchange Stabilization Fund Loans to Sovereign Borrowers: 1982-2010

Russell Munk

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Complexities of Addressing Interest Arrears in a Brady Transaction: The Case of the Republic of Argentina 1992 Financing Plan

Jeanne C. Olivier

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When Bad Things Happen to Good Sovereign Debt Contracts: The Case of Ecuador

Arturo C. Porzecanski

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The Republic of Congo’s Debt Restructuring: Are Sovereign Creditors Getting Their Voice Back?

Mark B. Richards

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Reflections on the Bosnia Debt Restructuring

Mark H. Stumpf

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Sovereign Debt Renegotiation: Restructuring the Commercial Debt of HIPC Debtor Countries

Mark A. Walker and Barthélemy Faye

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Sovereign SUKUK: Adaptation and Innovation

A. Roger Wedderburn-Day

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Contracting for State Intervention: The Origins of Sovereign Debt Arbitration

W. Mark C. Weidemaier

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The Return of Capital Controls?

Andrew Yianni and Carlos De Vera

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