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Puerto Rico And The Netherworld Of Sovereign Debt Restructuring, Mitu Gulati, Robert K. Rasmussen
Puerto Rico And The Netherworld Of Sovereign Debt Restructuring, Mitu Gulati, Robert K. Rasmussen
Faculty Scholarship
Puerto Rico has incurred debt well beyond its ability to repay. It attempted to address its fiscal woes through legislation allowing the restructuring of some its debt. The Supreme Court put a stop to this effort, holding that Congress in the Bankruptcy Code barred the Commonwealth from enacting its own restructuring regime. Yet all agreed that the Bankruptcy Code did not provide anything in its place. While Congress quickly enacted PROMESA in an attempt to address the Puerto Rico’s fiscal ills, we explore in this paper whether Congress has the power to bar Puerto Rico from enacting a restructuring mechanism …
Nothing Left To Tax Or Cut, The Gate To Chapter 9 Is Shut: The Puerto Rico Debt Crisis, Bianca Ko
Nothing Left To Tax Or Cut, The Gate To Chapter 9 Is Shut: The Puerto Rico Debt Crisis, Bianca Ko
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
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