Insolvency in Private International Law

Ian Fletcher is Director of the Centre for Commercial Law at Queen Mary and Westfield College London.

PREFACE; TABLE OF CASES; TABLE OF STATUTES; TABLE OF TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS; PART I- INTERNATIONAL INSOLVENCY: NATIONAL APPROACHES; 1. THEORY AND PRINCIPLE IN CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY; 2. INSOLVENCY OF INDIVIDUALS; 3. INSOLVENCY OF COMPANIES; 4. JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE IN CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCIES: CURRENT PROVISION UNDER NATIONAL LAW; PART II- INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL INSOLVENCY; (A) REGIONAL INITIATIVES; 5. LATIN AMERICA AND SCANDINAVIA; 6. THE EUROPEAN UNION CONVENTION ON INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS; 7. COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION OF ISTANBUL, 5 JUNE 1990; ) GLOBAL INITIATIVES; 8. UNCITRAL MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY; 9. CONCLUSION: ACHIEVEMENTS, TRENDS AND PROSPECTS; APPENDIXES; INDEX