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Policy And Praxis: A Role For Latcrit "Institutional-Class Analysis" In Latin American Judicial Reform, Becky Jacobs
Policy And Praxis: A Role For Latcrit "Institutional-Class Analysis" In Latin American Judicial Reform, Becky Jacobs
College of Law Faculty Scholarship
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Leaving Money On The Table: Contract Practice In A Low-Trust Environment, Ruben Kraiem
Leaving Money On The Table: Contract Practice In A Low-Trust Environment, Ruben Kraiem
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Social capital – the level of trust inherent in a society – will affect the contracting practices that are considered standard, practical or fair. These practices in turn will help determine the parties’ positions as they approach their negotiation, how they will communicate, and what terms they will agree in any particular transaction. This is true not only for the small transaction, but also for large and complex deals. As a result, when operating in a low-trust environment, even sophisticated parties (who can bear the costs of tailoring an agreement to their particular case), will be prone to relinquish or …
Forum Non Conveniens, Latin America And Blocking Statutes, Henry Saint Dahl
Forum Non Conveniens, Latin America And Blocking Statutes, Henry Saint Dahl
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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The Evolution Of Democracy And Human Rights In Latin America: A Ten Year Perspective, Sonia Picado
The Evolution Of Democracy And Human Rights In Latin America: A Ten Year Perspective, Sonia Picado
Human Rights Brief
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Forum Non Conveniens: "Availability" And "Adequacy" Of Latin American Fora From A Comparative Perspective, Alejandro M. Garro
Forum Non Conveniens: "Availability" And "Adequacy" Of Latin American Fora From A Comparative Perspective, Alejandro M. Garro
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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Building A Better Seating Chart For Sovereign Restructurings, Anna Gelpern
Building A Better Seating Chart For Sovereign Restructurings, Anna Gelpern
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Every sovereign debt restructuring in recent memory has wrestled with the problem of inter-creditor equity. Governments have discriminated among creditors in ways that were hard to predict and often were not revealed until after a debt default. In contrast, debts of firms, individuals and even localities are ranked in order of priority established by contract and statute. This ranking is known at borrowing, generally corresponds to the order of repayment in bankruptcy liquidation, and helps define the creditors' relative bargaining power in reorganization. Without a bankruptcy backstop, most debts of national governments are legally equal. Yet in practice, sovereign immunity …