Carlos Espósito holds a Chair in Public International Law at the University Autónoma of Madrid and is current Vice President of the European Society of International Law. His interests extend to all aspects of international law. He has published widely, including books on the ICJ advisory jurisdiction, the WTO, the role of courts in transitional justice, and jurisdictional immunities of States and human rights.Yuefen Li has been working in UNCTAD since 1990 and is currently its Head of Debt and Development Finance Branch. She is also a guest professor at Tsinghua University, and two other universities in China. Previously she has taught economics and economics related courses at the University of International Business & Economics in China. She has academic degrees from universities in China, the United Kingdom and the United States. She has published books, papers, and articles in professional journals and newspapers, and contributed extensively to UNCTAD publications and documents.Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is currently a Sovereign Debt Expert in UNCTAD working for the initiative on "Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing." He worked for UN ECLAC and the Argentinean government on legal issues related to sovereign debt and foreign investments. He has a bachelor in law, an LL.M. in corporate law, and a Ph.D. in Law. He was Hauser fellow at New York University and postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg. His scholarship has appeared in international refereed journals.

• PART 1 - SETTING THE GLOBAL SCENE; PART 2 - LEGAL STATUS OF THE PRINCIPLES; PART 3 - COMPARATIVE STUDIES: GENERAL PRINCIPLES; PART 4 - DEBT MANAGEMENT; PART 5 - CHINA AS A CASE STUDY; PART 6 - TWO KEY ISSUES; PART 7 - OUTLOOK AND IMPLEMENTATION; PART 8 - CONCLUSIONS

This book definitely should be a part of leading law/economics book libraries. ... This volume is a valuable tool for the academic and policy-making community in their further research towards the issue of sovereign financing and sovereign debt restructuring, where scholars, jurists and legal practitioners can all find what they need. In short, the editors have provided many insights into relevant complex aspects of sovereign financing, international law and their interconnectedness, leaving the readers enriched and inspired. Renzhen Li and Yi Zhou, Chinese Journal of International Law Certainly, the meticulous work performed by contributors and neatly put together by Juan-Pablo Bohoslavsky, Carlos Espositoand Yuefen Li will help to those willing to understand better the UNCTAD materials or to systemise the abundant literature of the topic. Dr Martin Menkes, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation

Carlos Espósito holds a Chair in Public International Law at the University Autónoma of Madrid and is current Vice President of the European Society of International Law. His interests extend to all aspects of international law. He has published widely, including books on the ICJ advisory jurisdiction, the WTO, the role of courts in transitional justice, and jurisdictional immunities of States and human rights.Yuefen Li has been working in UNCTAD since 1990 and is currently its Head of Debt and Development Finance Branch. She is also a guest professor at Tsinghua University, and two other universities in China. Previously she has taught economics and economics related courses at the University of International Business & Economics in China. She has academic degrees from universities in China, the United Kingdom and the United States. She has published books, papers, and articles in professional journals and newspapers, and contributed extensively to UNCTAD publications and documents.Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is currently a Sovereign Debt Expert in UNCTAD working for the initiative on "Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing." He worked for UN ECLAC and the Argentinean government on legal issues related to sovereign debt and foreign investments. He has a bachelor in law, an LL.M. in corporate law, and a Ph.D. in Law. He was Hauser fellow at New York University and postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg. His scholarship has appeared in international refereed journals.

• PART 1 - SETTING THE GLOBAL SCENE; PART 2 - LEGAL STATUS OF THE PRINCIPLES; PART 3 - COMPARATIVE STUDIES: GENERAL PRINCIPLES; PART 4 - DEBT MANAGEMENT; PART 5 - CHINA AS A CASE STUDY; PART 6 - TWO KEY ISSUES; PART 7 - OUTLOOK AND IMPLEMENTATION; PART 8 - CONCLUSIONS

This book definitely should be a part of leading law/economics book libraries. ... This volume is a valuable tool for the academic and policy-making community in their further research towards the issue of sovereign financing and sovereign debt restructuring, where scholars, jurists and legal practitioners can all find what they need. In short, the editors have provided many insights into relevant complex aspects of sovereign financing, international law and their interconnectedness, leaving the readers enriched and inspired. Renzhen Li and Yi Zhou, Chinese Journal of International Law Certainly, the meticulous work performed by contributors and neatly put together by Juan-Pablo Bohoslavsky, Carlos Espositoand Yuefen Li will help to those willing to understand better the UNCTAD materials or to systemise the abundant literature of the topic. Dr Martin Menkes, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation

Carlos Espósito holds a Chair in Public International Law at the University Autónoma of Madrid and is current Vice President of the European Society of International Law. His interests extend to all aspects of international law. He has published widely, including books on the ICJ advisory jurisdiction, the WTO, the role of courts in transitional justice, and jurisdictional immunities of States and human rights.Yuefen Li has been working in UNCTAD since 1990 and is currently its Head of Debt and Development Finance Branch. She is also a guest professor at Tsinghua University, and two other universities in China. Previously she has taught economics and economics related courses at the University of International Business & Economics in China. She has academic degrees from universities in China, the United Kingdom and the United States. She has published books, papers, and articles in professional journals and newspapers, and contributed extensively to UNCTAD publications and documents.Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is currently a Sovereign Debt Expert in UNCTAD working for the initiative on "Responsible Sovereign Lending and Borrowing." He worked for UN ECLAC and the Argentinean government on legal issues related to sovereign debt and foreign investments. He has a bachelor in law, an LL.M. in corporate law, and a Ph.D. in Law. He was Hauser fellow at New York University and postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg. His scholarship has appeared in international refereed journals.

• PART 1 - SETTING THE GLOBAL SCENE; PART 2 - LEGAL STATUS OF THE PRINCIPLES; PART 3 - COMPARATIVE STUDIES: GENERAL PRINCIPLES; PART 4 - DEBT MANAGEMENT; PART 5 - CHINA AS A CASE STUDY; PART 6 - TWO KEY ISSUES; PART 7 - OUTLOOK AND IMPLEMENTATION; PART 8 - CONCLUSIONS

This book definitely should be a part of leading law/economics book libraries. ... This volume is a valuable tool for the academic and policy-making community in their further research towards the issue of sovereign financing and sovereign debt restructuring, where scholars, jurists and legal practitioners can all find what they need. In short, the editors have provided many insights into relevant complex aspects of sovereign financing, international law and their interconnectedness, leaving the readers enriched and inspired. Renzhen Li and Yi Zhou, Chinese Journal of International Law Certainly, the meticulous work performed by contributors and neatly put together by Juan-Pablo Bohoslavsky, Carlos Espositoand Yuefen Li will help to those willing to understand better the UNCTAD materials or to systemise the abundant literature of the topic. Dr Martin Menkes, Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation