Title
Contracts Without Law: Sovereign Versus Corporate Debt
Document Type
Article
Comments
The most up-to-date version of this piece can be found in the Duke Law Scholarship
Abstract
Although extralegal enforcement is widely acknowledged, the conventional understanding of written contract provisions, such as the complex and detailed provisions in bond contracts, is that they are drafted to be enforced by law. This framing neglects the value of contracts in shaping extralegal forces, particularly where litigation is unlikely or not possible. Sovereign debt contracts provide an example in which lengthy and detailed contracts play a key role even though the debtor is largely litigation-proof. We examine how contract provisions in sovereign debt contracts improve the efficiency of creditor control outside the realm of legal enforcement.
Date of Authorship for this Version
March 2007
Recommended Citation
Gulati, Mitu and Triantis, George G., "Contracts Without Law: Sovereign Versus Corporate Debt" (2007). Duke Law School Faculty Scholarship Series. Paper 89.
http://lsr.nellco.org/duke_fs/89