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Diaspora Bonds

Anupam Chander
University of California, Davis - School of Law



New York University Law Review, Vol. 76, Oct. 2001

Abstract:     
Diasporas play a central role in the international system, disseminating information, transmitting capital and transforming culture. Defying national borders, they challenge the basic conception of the nation-state system, yet international law has not begun to notice them. They challenge traditional views of citizenship, as well, yet they have escaped the attention of domestic public law scholars.

This paper begins to conceptualize diasporas as a topic of legal inquiry. Diasporas undermine both the traditional statist conception of a citizenry with a singular national loyalty and the cosmopolitan alternative that denies the moral salience of states in favor of a world citizenship. The paper proposes a third paradigm of the relationship of citizen to state, a diaspora model that embraces diasporas as emblematic of a globalized world where history matters yet does not constrict.

The paper applies its analytical framework to international bonds issued by governments to their diasporas. These "Diaspora Bonds" allow homeland governments to turn to their diasporas to raise capital for economic development.

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Date posted: December 17, 2002 ; Last revised: December 17, 2002

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Chander, Anupam, Diaspora Bonds. New York University Law Review, Vol. 76, Oct. 2001. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=275457 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.275457


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