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Does International Human Rights Law Have Something To Teach Monetary Law?, Cynthia C. Lichtenstein
Does International Human Rights Law Have Something To Teach Monetary Law?, Cynthia C. Lichtenstein
Michigan Journal of International Law
Although the subject of exchange controls, a substantial part of international monetary law, seems hardly at first glance to be as gripping a matter of international concern as international human rights, the first glance neglects the place of exchange controls in the life blood of developing nations. If, instead of referring to exchange controls, one speaks of the human costs of the international debt crisis, the point is quickly made. Students in a class in international monetary law do see a connection between the outflow of hard currency to repay external debt and the political consequences for a nation that, …