Principles of International Insolvency

2. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84703-210-2
Verlag: Sweet & Maxwell

Buch, Englisch

Practical guidance on insolvency law for international financial transactions * Provides comparative studies of key areas of international insolvency law, including: judicial reorganisations and plans, private restructuring agreements and workouts, liqu

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wood, Philip R.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part one – General. Introduction. Comparison of work-outs, judicial rescues and liquidations. Part two – Jurisdictions of the World. Legal families of the world. Indicators of insolvency law. Anglo-American common law jurisdictions. Napoleonic jurisdictions. Roman-Germanic jurisdictions. Other groups of jurisdictions. Part three – Insolvency Topics. Entry criteria for insolvency proceedings; stays on claimants. Management of insolvency proceedings. The bankruptcy ladder of priorities. Bankrupt’s property and trusts; publicity. Non-consensual trusts and tracing. Security interests. Insolvency set-off. Contracts, leases and forfeitures. Avoidance of preferences. Selected preference laws. Director liability. Shareholder and other third party liability. Part four – Workouts and reorganisations. Private restructuring agreements; work-outs. Lender Liability. Judicial reorganisation plans. Part five – Special debtors. Bank insolvencies. State insolvency. Insolvency of individuals and other debtors. Part 6 - Confli