International Law and State Succession: A Solution to the Iraqi Debt Crisis?
By Kevin H. Anderson, February 8, 2012
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This article proposes that the doctrine of odious debts be applied to solve the potential debt crisis in Iraq. The author discusses the sources of international law, including the ADR techniques adopted in international law. The principles behind the odious debts doctrine were developed from an arbitration in which Supreme Court Justice William Howard Taft presided. The article also discusses debt negotiation for successor nations, including Germany and the former Yugoslavia.
