Sovereign debt and socio-economic rights beyond crisis : the neoliberalisation of international law / Emma Luce Scali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scali, Emma Luce, 1982- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debts, Public--Law and legislation--Social aspects.

Debts, Public.

Social rights--Economic aspects.

Social rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 186 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

This book offers a distinctive critical discussion of the relationship between sovereign debt and socio-economic human rights in the context of the contemporary global neoliberal economic order, going beyond strictly 'post-crisis' approaches and emphasising the structural character and consistent growth of public and private indebtedness. It reflects on the implications of mounting debt for the actual ability of States to realise human rights in a world of escalating indebtedness, inequality and insecurity. It expands existing definitions of neoliberalism by reflecting in particular on neoliberalism's epistemological underpinnings, and provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the 2009 Greek debt crisis and the main elements of post-crisis developments in international and EU law, arguing that the 'neoliberalisation of law' has essentially been advanced in the wake of the Eurozone debt crisis.

Contents:

Introduction

Beyond crisis : recasting the approach to the sovereign debt-human rights Relationship and outline of the book

Preliminary definitions : (A) economic and social rights as international human rights

(Continued) (B) neoliberalism

Socio-economic rights in Greece since the crisis

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Feb 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Scali, Emma Luce Sovereign Debt and Socio-Economic Rights Beyond Crisis

ISBN:

1-316-99709-X

1-108-63857-0

1-108-62502-9