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Odette Lienau
Ph.D. Candidate
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E-mail:
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lienau@fas.harvard.edu
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| Thesis Title: |
Who is the 'Sovereign' in Sovereign Debt? Rethinking Debt and Reputation in the Twentieth Century |
| Major Field: |
International Relations |
| Advisors: |
A. Iain Johnston, Beth Simmons, Richard Tuck, Rawi Abdelal |
Biographical Note:
Odette Lienau is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Government at Harvard University (GSAS), where she is expected to complete her Ph.D. in Fall 2008. In her dissertation, Odette argues that different conceptions of sovereignty underlying the sovereign debt regime lead to divergent expectations of whether arguably illegitimate or 'odious' debt should be repaid after a regime change. She asserts that the current expectation of sovereign debt continuity is not a theoretical given, and suggests that there has been greater variation in 20th century practice than is conventionally acknowledged. She contends that historical shifts in this international economic practice result from both creditor competition and broader norms of sovereignty in the international arena. A related legal article focusing on an early 20th century case has been published in the Yale Journal of International Law (February 2008), and an online symposium exchange on the article is available at http://opiniojuris.org/author/odette-lienau/. Odette received her J.D. from NYU School of Law in 2006, where she won the Jerome Lipper Prize for outstanding work in international law and the John Bruce Moore Award for excellence in law and philosophy. She received her B.A. from Harvard College in 2000 and grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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