The Icesave dispute: case study into crisis of diplomacy during the Credit Crunch
This version is an unpublished conference proceeding, presented at the conference “No-one is an island”, University of Akureyri, March 19th 2016. The full research paper is under review for the Nordicum-Mediterraneum journal. The Icesave dispute Iceland fought with the UK and Dutch governments revil...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/128 2024-09-15T17:35:28+00:00 The Icesave dispute: case study into crisis of diplomacy during the Credit Crunch Bergmann, Eiríkur Félagsvísindadeild (HB) Department of Social Sciences (UB) Háskólinn á Bifröst Bifröst University 2016-03-19 1-26 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/128 en eng Bergmann, E. (2016). The Icesave dispute: case study into crisis of diplomacy during the Credit Crunch. [Paper presented at the conference] "No-one is and island", University of Akureyri, March 19th 2016. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/128 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Financial crisis Icesave Iceland Legality International law info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2016 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/128 2024-07-09T03:01:56Z This version is an unpublished conference proceeding, presented at the conference “No-one is an island”, University of Akureyri, March 19th 2016. The full research paper is under review for the Nordicum-Mediterraneum journal. The Icesave dispute Iceland fought with the UK and Dutch governments reviled inhered weakness of the European financial system. Bringing forward tension of legal division between public and private law and falling outside framework of traditional neatly compartmentalized law the ambiguity of responsibilities was testing understandings and interpretations of international relations. The paper explores how larger and more powerful countries were politically able to pressure a much smaller state in time of crisis into abiding to their own interpretation of law and in doing so rallying behind them support of international organizations like the EU and the IMF. In January 2013 the EFTA Court finally ruled on the issue, vindicating Iceland of wrongdoing and refusing the UK, Holland and the EU’s claim. Studying the Icesave dispute contributes to understandings of production of international legality trough practices and contested interpretations in the international realm. Unpublished Conference Object Akureyri Akureyri Iceland University of Akureyri Opin vísindi (Iceland) |
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This version is an unpublished conference proceeding, presented at the conference “No-one is an island”, University of Akureyri, March 19th 2016. The full research paper is under review for the Nordicum-Mediterraneum journal. The Icesave dispute Iceland fought with the UK and Dutch governments reviled inhered weakness of the European financial system. Bringing forward tension of legal division between public and private law and falling outside framework of traditional neatly compartmentalized law the ambiguity of responsibilities was testing understandings and interpretations of international relations. The paper explores how larger and more powerful countries were politically able to pressure a much smaller state in time of crisis into abiding to their own interpretation of law and in doing so rallying behind them support of international organizations like the EU and the IMF. In January 2013 the EFTA Court finally ruled on the issue, vindicating Iceland of wrongdoing and refusing the UK, Holland and the EU’s claim. Studying the Icesave dispute contributes to understandings of production of international legality trough practices and contested interpretations in the international realm. Unpublished |
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The Icesave dispute: case study into crisis of diplomacy during the Credit Crunch |
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