The Future of Secured Credit in Europe

Horst Eidenmüller, Universität München; Eva-Maria Kieninger, Universität Würzburg.

Part 1: The Conceptual and Legal FrameworkJOHN ARMOUR: The Law and Economics Debate about Secured Lending: Lessons for European Lawmaking? HANS-BERND SCHÄFER: CommentaryWULF-HENNING ROTH: Secured Credit and the Internal Market: The Fundamental Freedoms and the EU's Mandate for Legislation; JACOBIEN RUTGERS: CommentaryROBERT H. STEVENS: Choosing the Right Approach for European Law Making; ULRICH DROBNIG: CommentaryPart 2: Building a European Law of Secured Credit: General IssuesANNA VENEZIANO: Attachment / Creation of a Security Interest: Some Thoughts on the Prospect of a Future European Secured Transactions Law; MEINHARD LUKAS: CommentaryHARRY C. SIGMAN: Perfection and Priority of Security Rights; ROLF STÜRNER: Commentary; HANS-JÜRGEN LWOWSKI: "Quiet" Creation of Security Interests or FilingMICHAEL BRIDGE: The Scope and Limits of Security Interests; EVA-MARIA KIENINGER: CommentaryERIC DIRIX: Remedies of Secured Creditors outside Insolvency; BARBARA GRAHAM-SIEGENTHALER: CommentaryMORITZ BRINKMANN: The Position of Secured Creditors in Insolvency; HORST EIDENMÜLLER: CommentaryJ. MICHEL DESCHAMPS: Conflict-of-Laws Rules for Security Rights: What should be the best Rules? KARL KREUZER: Conflict-of-Laws Rules for Security Rights in Tangible Assets in the European UnionPart 3: Building a European Law of Secured Credit: Sector Specific IssuesCATHERINE WALSH: Security Interests in Receivables; AXEL FLESSNER: Security Interests in Receivables - A European PerspectiveDOROTHEE EINSELE: Security Interests in Financial Instruments; GUY MORTON: CommentaryPart 4: Concluding RemarksHUGH BEALE: The Future of Secured Credit in Europe