Current issues in European financial and insolvency law
Subtitle: perspectives from France and the UK
By: edited by Wolf-Georg Ringe, Louise Gullifer, and Philippe Théry.
Contributors: Ringe, Wolf-Georg, 1976-; Gullifer, Louise.; Théry, Philippe.
Series: Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law -- v. 11; Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law -- v. 11.
Publisher: Hart; Hart Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781841139357
Subjects: Bankruptcy -- European Union countries; Banking law -- European Union countries; Finance -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries
Description: Recent case-law and legislation in European company and insolvency law have significantly furthered the integration of European business regulation. In particular, the case-law of the European Court of Justice and the introduction of the EU Insolvency Regulation have provided the stimulus for current reforms in various jurisdictions in the fields of insolvency and financial law. The UK, for instance, has adopted the Enterprise Act in 2002, designed, inter alia, to enhance enterprise and to strengthen the UK's approach to bankruptcy and corporate rescue. In a similar vein, a recent reform in France has modernised French insolvency law and even introduced a tool similar to the successful English 'company voluntary arrangement' (CVA). This book provides a collection of studies by some of the leading English and French experts today, analysing current perspectives of insolvency and financial law in Europe, both on the national as well as on the European level
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.