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Odious Debt In Retrospect, Daniel K. Tarullo
Odious Debt In Retrospect, Daniel K. Tarullo
Law and Contemporary Problems
In the eighty years since Alexander Sack coined the phrase "odious debt," academics and activists have periodically rediscovered Sack's idea, often arguing for its application or extension-to this point, in vain. Here, Tarullo reveals the degree to which current interest in the problem of odious debt is intertwined with other problems that strike more critically at the well-being of developing-and emerging-market countries. He reasons that the necessarily complex effort needed to institutionalize a doctrine of odious debt is a potentially effective organizing principle for generating the political will to address these other persistent, debilitating problems.
The People’S Agent: Executive Branch Secrecy And Accountability In An Age Of Terrorism, Sidney A. Shapiro, Rena I. Steinzor
The People’S Agent: Executive Branch Secrecy And Accountability In An Age Of Terrorism, Sidney A. Shapiro, Rena I. Steinzor
Law and Contemporary Problems
Shapiro and Steinzor apply the agency theory to the question of how much secrecy is too much. They use the theory to evaluate the impact of burgeoning secrecy in the likelihood that the executive branch officials will engage in faithful and forceful implementation of statutory materials, particularly in the arenas of protecting public health, safety, and natural resources.
How The Health Care Revolution Fell Short, Clark C. Havighurst
How The Health Care Revolution Fell Short, Clark C. Havighurst
Law and Contemporary Problems
Managed Care I proved itself a poor public servant was appropriately deposed in the counter-revolution it inspired. Managed Care II apparently believes that, by cultivating a more benevolent image than its predecessor, it will be able to hang onto power and ride out any "perfect storm" that may be brewing and that its members can survive as private functionaries in a market increasingly dominated and controlled by government.
The Role Of The Attorney-Adviser In The U.S. Department Of State: Institutional Arrangements And Structural Imperatives, Michael K. Young
The Role Of The Attorney-Adviser In The U.S. Department Of State: Institutional Arrangements And Structural Imperatives, Michael K. Young
Law and Contemporary Problems
Young provides information about the structural and institutional imperatives that constrain and shape the work of the Attorney-adviser and offers some rudimentary thoughts about what is needed to understand it better.
Hell, Handbaskets, And Government Lawyers: The Duty Of Loyalty And Its Limits, Michael Stokes Paulsen
Hell, Handbaskets, And Government Lawyers: The Duty Of Loyalty And Its Limits, Michael Stokes Paulsen
Law and Contemporary Problems
Paulsen provides an autobiographical and a conjectural account of cases of personal and professional dilemmas of government lawyers.
“For The United States”: Government Lawyers In Court, Patricia M. Wald
“For The United States”: Government Lawyers In Court, Patricia M. Wald
Law and Contemporary Problems
Wald provides a largely impressionistic view of governmental layering in court.