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- Title
A Kinder, Gentler System of Capitulations? International Law, Structural Adjustment Policies, and the Standard of Liberal, Globalized Civilization.
- Authors
Fidler, David P.
- Abstract
Discusses the similarities between the structural adjustment policies (SAPs) used by the World Bank and the system of capitulations maintained by European countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Parallel features; Deep political, economic, legal and moral currents that appear in both the context of capitulations and SAPs; Function and future of international law in contemporary international relations.
- Subjects
STRUCTURAL adjustment (Economic policy); CAPITULATIONS; INTERNATIONAL law; INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
Texas International Law Journal, 2000, Vol 35, Issue 3, p387
- ISSN
0163-7479
- Publication type
Article