The Legitimate Repudiation of a Nation's Debts

Nicolaus Tideman and Sharon Lockwood
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Nicolaus Tideman: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Sharon Lockwood: American University

Eastern Economic Journal, 1993, vol. 19, issue 3, 251-256

Abstract: There is a need for an impartial international tribunal to consider requests for approval of repudiations of developing nations' debts. At present, debt relief is available as largess from the "Paris Club" of creditor nations or the "London Club" of commercial banks, but a nation that is treated unfairly has only the recourse of unilateral repudiation, which is subject to bias from self-interest. There is no impartial forum in which disagreements can be adjudicated. This paper explores the legal principles that might justify approval of repudiations of such debts, thereby advancing both economic efficiency and social justice.

Keywords: Debt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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