Abstract
The problem of sovereign indebtedness is becoming a worldwide crisis because nations, unlike individuals and corporations, lack access to bankruptcy laws to restructure unsustainable debt. Decades of international efforts to solve this problem through contracting and attempted treaty-making have failed to provide an adequate debt-restructuring framework. A significant amount of outstanding sovereign debt is governed, however, by English law. This Article argues that the U.K. Parliament has the extraordinary power to help solve the problem of unsustainable country debt by changing English law to facilitate fair and consensual debt restructuring. This Article also proposes modifications to English law that Parliament could consider, based on a model law for sovereign debt restructuring.
Recommended Citation
Steven L. Schwarcz,
SOVEREIGN DEBT RESTRUCTURING AND ENGLISH GOVERNING LAW,
12 Brook. J. Corp. Fin. & Com. L.
(2017).
Available at:
https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjcfcl/vol12/iss1/24
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