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Anna Gelpern, On Why Sovereign Is The New Black

By Kim Krawiec

Anna Gelpern (American), who recently did a guest post here at the Lounge on the Greek crisis, is guest blogging over at Credit Slips.   In her first post today, Anna asked Why Sovereign Is The New Black, noting that, after years on the exotic fringe of the legal academy, sovereign debt has gone mainstream and then some.  Gelpern then goes on to ponder the reasons why. 

Anna is right on with this one ? even I?m blogging about the Greek crisis, an irony that can only be appreciated by those who know me well.  (For years, I instituted a ban against any mention of sovereign debt in my presence, which really is still intact: only I, and no one else, am allowed to raise the issue, and even then the discussion must relate to swaps).

But Anna is one of the (few) original sovereign legal experts and her post is well worth a read for anyone who wants to understand the Greek crisis, its historical and legal context, and why the rest of us are suddenly interested.  And while you?re at it, take a look at today?s The Lex Column in the FT: Greece / Goldman: Trojan Horse bolts.  Yea, what I said (but shorter, punchier, and to a larger circulation ? as if such things mattered.)

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on February 27, 2010 (boomark / email).