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Claims against Iraqi oil and gas : legal considerations and lessons learned /

This volume presents the first comprehensive examination of the legal issues surrounding international debt recovery on claims against Iraqi oil and gas. In addition to presenting a snapshot view of Iraq's outstanding debt obligations and an analysis of the significance of the theory of odious...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zedalis, Rex J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • A précis on Iraq's debts
  • The legal theory of "odious debt"
  • The development and background of Security Council Resolution 1859 and 1905
  • The development and background of the Iraqi measures permitting departure from earlier oil and gas contractual commitments
  • The concepts of "finality," "related to," and assorted matters: Article 54 of the KRG oil and gas law (no. 22), and Article 141 of the Iraqi Constitution
  • Old oil and gas contracts and those of more recent vintage : Iraqi constitutional protections of contract rights and their significance on legal claims
  • Oil and gas assets affected by the prosecution of legal claims aimed at recovering on debts owed by Iraq
  • Issues associated with prosecuting a claim in the United States, with a glimpse at other jurisdictions : the impact of national law
  • Recognition and enforcement of determinative actions affecting Iraqi oil and gas assets
  • Lessons learned from the Iraqi experience transferable to other instances of debt owed by resource-rich nations.