International And Comparative Secured Transactions Law

The law of secured transactions has seen dramatic changes in the last decade. International organisations, particularly the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), have been working towards the creation of international legal standards aimed at the modernisation and harmonisation of secured financing laws (eg, the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade, the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions and its Intellectual Property Supplement, the UNCITRAL Guide on the Implementation of a Security Rights Registry and the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions). The overall theme of this book is international (or cross-border) secured transactions law. It assembles contributions from some of the most authoritative academic voices on secured financing law. This publication will be of interest to those involved in secured transactions around the world, including policy-makers, practitioners, judges, arbitrators and academics.

This work is a valuable guidance to one of the most challenging fields of commercial law, increasingly known as secured transactions. Besides canvassing the central features of contemporary leading legal systems in a fairly detailed manner, the focus is on a comparative analysis of the building blocks of these. A detailed account has been also given to the related Hungarian reform efforts of the 1990s. Since the economic potential inherent to developed secured transactions systems has not been fully exploited even by many developed economies, the sudden realization of the importance of credit economies and credit securities should not come as a surprise in the era of globalization. This book is a valuable tool for all those dealing with this area of law in countries striving towards market economy. The author not only highlights the potential role of security in easing the chronic shortage of credit in transitory countries, but also provides the reformers with a repository of tested se

This book focuses on international harmonisation and the law of secured transactions by distilling and analysing the unifying principles of various significant international conventions and instruments such as the UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables, the Unidroit Convention on International Factoring, the EBRD Model Law on Secured Transactions, the Unidroit Convention on the International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions. International secured transactions conventions and instruments facilitate credit and promote economic activity through the creation of harmonised rules. Therefore, given the increasing globalisation of markets, international reform efforts for the harmonised modernisation of secured transactions law have gained pace over recent years. International Secured Transactions Law draws on experiences in both English and US laws in order to identify and illustrate the existing problems that need to be addressed, as well as identify potential solutions. International Secured Transactions Law will be of interest to scholars, students interested in international commercial law, corporate law or comparative secured transactions, and practitioners involved in international commercial transactions.

W Green has brought together leading figures from both academia and domestic and international practice to write this book, which features a comprehensive commentary on the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010

This book offers a valuable guide to one of the most challenging areas of commercial law, now frequently referred to as secured transactions, with a focus on Nigerian, Canadian and United States perspectives. A debtor’s ability to provide collateral influences not only the cost of the money borrowed, but also in many cases, whether secured lenders are willing to offer credit at all. The book proposes that increasing access to, and indeed, lowering the cost of credit could tremendously boost economic development, while at the same time arguing that this would best be achieved if the legal framework for secured transactions in Nigeria, and of course, any other country with similar experiences, were designed to allow the use of personal property and fixtures to secure credit. Similarly, the creation, priority, perfection, and enforcement of security interests in personal property should be simplified and supported by a framework that ensures that neither the interests of secured lenders nor debtors are hampered, so as to guarantee the continuous availability of affordable credit as well as debtors’ willingness to borrow and do business. The book further argues that in addition to the obvious preference for real property over personal property by secured lenders due to the unreformed secured-transactions legal framework in Nigeria, its compartmentalized nature has also resulted in unpredictability in commerce and the concomitant effects of poor access to credit. Through the comparative research conducted in this book utilizing the UCC Article 9 and Ontario PPSA as benchmarks, the author provides reformers with a repository of tested secured-transactions law solutions, which law reformers in the Commonwealth countries in Africa and beyond, as well as the business community will find valuable in dealing with issues that stem from secured transactions.

As cross-border trade and cross-border financing continue to increase while security rights over tangible property are governed by the law of the place where the moveable is situated, comparative knowledge of national secured transactions law is crucial for everyone using security rights over tangibles in a cross-border context. This book provides an in-depth examination of the key issues that arise when security rights are created, perfected and enforced in different European countries. Authored by experts on German, English, Dutch, French, Belgian, Italian and Spanish law, the national reports use practical cases and highlight differences and similarities. A special focus is placed on the way in which national courts deal with security interests created elsewhere. A comprehensive introductory chapter analyzes significant secured transactions issues, summarises the comparative data and compares them with Art. 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (U.S.) and suggests guiding principles for a European harmonization measure or national reform efforts. The book will assist market participants and their counsel to better understand secured transactions law and relevant private international law rules of their own and other countries and assist those involved in national, EU and global law reform efforts.

The latest release contains the following information. - CYPRUS: Introduction; Objectives of Secured Transactions Regime; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation of Security Interest; Filing System; Publicity; Priority; Pre-Default Rights and Obligations; Consumer Protection; Default and Enforcement; Insolvency; Conflict of Laws and Territorial Application; Conclusion - DENMARK: Introduction; Objectives of Secured Transactions Regime; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation; Filing System; Insolvency; Conclusion - GERMANY: Introduction; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation of Security Rights; Publicity and Filing Systems; Enforcement; Insolvency; Conflict of Laws and Territorial Application; Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards; Conclusion - POLAND: Introduction; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation; Filing System; Priority; Default and Enforcement; Insolvency - UKRAINE: Key Objectives of Secured Transactions Regime; Basic Approaches to Security; Creation of Security Interests; Priority; Pre-Default Rights and Obligations of the Parties; Default and Enforcement; Insolvency; Conflicts of Law and Territorial Application International Secured Transactions examines the UNCITRAL Draft Guide on Secured Transactions which is designed to promote increased access to low-cost credit by encouraging the introduction of effective and efficient domestic secured transactions laws around the world. This publication also offers an analysis of current secured transactions law in over 30 commercial jurisdictions. Many of the jurisdictions covered have laws that significantly track the UNCITRAL Draft Guide. Leading practitioners from major law firms in North and South America, Europe, and Asia provide insightful, practical commentary on their respective security interests' regimes, comparing them with the provisions of the UNCITRAL legislative guidelines and, ultimately, advising on the status of their implementation in their respective countries. About the Center for International Legal Studies The Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) is a non-profit research, training, and law publications institute, established and operating under Austrian law. Its international headquarters are in Salzburg, Austria, having operated from there since 1976. CILS cooperates internationally with numerous institutions of higher legal education, lawyers' professional associations and international organizations such as UNCITRAL, the ITU, and WIPO, and is participating - with a 16 member delegation in the United Nations' Information Technology Summits (WSIS) in Geneva and Tunis. The essential purpose of the Center for International Legal Studies is the promotion of the dissemination of information among members of the international legal community through legal research and publication projects, post-graduate and professional training programs, and annual legal education conferences. Countries covered include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, and Venezuela. Additional countries to be added are Austria, Belgium, Chile, China, Finland, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the Ukraine. The publication will include special reports on European Union aspects and UNIDROIT, an introductory chapter prepared by UNCITRAL, and appendices provided by UNCITRAL.

For every transnational lawyer, it is vital to know the differences between national secured transactions laws. Since the applicable law is determined by the place where the collateral is situated, it may change when movables are brought from one state to another. Introductory essays from comparative lawyers set the scene. The book then presents a survey of the law relating to secured transactions in the member states of the European Union. Following the Common Core approach, the national reports are centred around fifteen hypothetical cases dealing with the most important issues of secured transactions law, such as the creation of security rights in different business situations, the relationship between debtor and secured creditor, the nature of the creditor's rights and their enforcement as against third parties. each case is followed by a comparative summary. A general report evaluates the possibilities of European harmonisation in the field of secured transactions law.