"Edward Jones Corredera, the author of this brilliant book, takes a rigorous historical look at a crucial subject, where international law intersects with politics, religion, culture, moral economy, and finance. An essential reading for anyone who wishes to know in depth not only the irruption of Spanish American countries in the world scene, but, more broadly, the intellectual assumptions on which international relations in the modern world were founded." -- Javier Fernández-Sebastián, Professor of History of Political Thought at the University of the Basque Country

"Odious Debt is an important interdisciplinary contribution to the global intellectual history of international law, the political economy of foreign debts, and the modern inception of Latin America in international society. Edward Jones Corredera´ s superb book illuminates the importance of foreign debts for the global history and political economy of international law, and the regional history of constitutional building in Latin America. A must read for international lawyers, historians, IR scholars, and political economists." -- Juan Pablo Scarfi, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Catholic University of Chile