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2021-06-doc1 Business, PIL and EU

The book Business and private international law in the EU, shortly reviewed here, is an introductory textbook for students interested in cross-border business activities. In some circles the theme of private international law (PIL) is also referred to as international private law or conflicts of laws. The publication (some 150 pages with a short index) consists of seven chapters, in… Read More »2021-06-doc1 Business, PIL and EU

2021-04-doc2 Multinational Enterprises and the Law – 3rd ed. by Muchlinski

Recently, the third edition of Multinational Enterprises and the Law was published. It is the seminal work of Peter T. Muchlinski, Emeritus Professor in International Commercial Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. The first edition was published more than a quarter of a century ago – in 1995 (Wiley-Blackwell, 648 pages), the second… Read More »2021-04-doc2 Multinational Enterprises and the Law – 3rd ed. by Muchlinski

2021-03-doc5 First book on European preventive restructuring

In 2011, in a European publication, I wrote ‘The H-word is out!’. Certain words in conversation (between insolvency experts) were surely not to be used 10 years ago. One of them was, indeed, ‘harmonisation’. There were zillion obstacles against the idea that insolvency national legal systems can be harmonised. It was a typically political Pavlov reaction. Harmonisation of insolvency laws… Read More »2021-03-doc5 First book on European preventive restructuring

2021-03-doc1 Thinking corporate restructuring

In her new monograph, Sarah Paterson, associate professor of law at the London School of Economics, makes the argument to abandon the search for a fixed or universal conceptual framework for analysing corporate reorganization law. In the book Corporate Reorganization Law and Forces of Change, Paterson denies that it is possible to use such a universal conceptual framework in analysing… Read More »2021-03-doc1 Thinking corporate restructuring

2021-02-doc1 Liability of Credit rating agencies

Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs) publish ratings in the form of statements on the general creditworthiness of issuers or obligors. They do so on behalf of investors in loans of companies, semi-public bodies or States on the basis of quantitative and qualitative analysis of the financial strength of these issuers. Well-known names are Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch. All types… Read More »2021-02-doc1 Liability of Credit rating agencies

2021-01-doc4 Sdu Commentaar Insolventierecht, editie 2021

Een multimediale publicatie is een jaarlijks geactualiseerde boekuitgave in combinatie met online beschikbaarheid van haar teksten en online doorverwijzingen. Deze geschiedt naar in house Sdu bronnen en relevante externe websites. Deze karakteristiek komt uit het voorwoord van ‘Sdu Commentaar Insolventierecht’, editie 2021. Deze teksten worden online doorlopend bijgewerkt en achterliggende jurisprudentie of Kamerstukken zijn online aan de commentaren gekoppeld en… Read More »2021-01-doc4 Sdu Commentaar Insolventierecht, editie 2021

2021-01-doc3 Belang(en)rijk burgerlijk recht

Het boek ‘Belangenrijk burgerlijk recht’ (met ‘en’ cursief) is een deel in de reeks Jonge Meesters. Na een inleiding van de redacteuren bevat het tien opstellen van masterstudenten van Erasmus School of Law. Met het schrijven daarvan hebben zij een master Privaatrecht of master Aansprakelijkheid en Verzekering afgerond. Het thema van het boek stelt centraal de vraag hoe het gewone… Read More »2021-01-doc3 Belang(en)rijk burgerlijk recht

2021-01-doc2 Tekst & Commentaar Insolventierecht 2020

Een nieuwe editie van Tekst & Commentaar Insolventierecht 2020 viel afgelopen week bij mij in de bus. Dit deel (onder redactie van Groenewegen en Verstijlen) uit de T&C serie is niet zo bekend als de rode edities in de serie (strafrecht; strafvordering). Deze worden bij TV-nieuwsuitzendingen uit zittingszalen van rechtbanken periodiek in beeld gebracht. In de insolventiepraktijk wordt T&C Insolventierecht… Read More »2021-01-doc2 Tekst & Commentaar Insolventierecht 2020

2021-01-doc1 Corporate Bankruptcy Law – Research Handboook

Research Handbook on Corporate Bankruptcy Law, published in 2020, brings together leading experts on the law and economics of corporate bankruptcy. The handbook is edited by Barry Adler (New York Law School), the contributors are all American and after a foreword and an introduction, 15 chapters follow. The scope of bankruptcy The Foreword is from éminance grise, Douglas G. Baird,… Read More »2021-01-doc1 Corporate Bankruptcy Law – Research Handboook

2020-12-doc4 New books on European Insolvency Regulation (Recast) 2015/848

Notes accompanying bobwessels vlogs (on air 23 December 2020 and on YouTube https://youtu.be/PCbih6pC1KM). First generation commentaries Reinhard Bork and Renato Mangano, European Cross-border Insolvency Law, Oxford University Press 2016 Gabriel Moss, Ian F. Fletcher and Stuart Isaacs (eds.), The EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings, 3rd. ed. Oxford University Press 2016 Both reviewed by me, see European Company Law (no. 4,… Read More »2020-12-doc4 New books on European Insolvency Regulation (Recast) 2015/848