Secured Transactions Law Reform : Principles, Policies and Practice

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1. Introduction Louise Gullifer Part I: Modernisation of the Law of Secured Transactions in Common and Mixed Law Jurisdictions 2. An Outline of a Typical PPSA Scheme Hugh Beale 3. An Historical Overview of UCC Article 9 Peter Winship 4. Transplanting Article 9: The Canadian PPSA Experience Catherine Walsh 5. Current Issues in Secured Transactions Law in Canada: An Ontario Perspective Anthony Duggan 6. The New Zealand Perspective Mike Gedye 7. Australian Secured Transactions Law Reform David Brown 8. Secured Transactions Law Reform in Malawi: the 2013 Personal Property Security Act Marek Dubovec and Cyprian Kambili 9. Reforming the Law of Secured Transactions in Jersey Roy Goode and John Rainer 10. Reforming the Company Charge Register in Ireland Noel McGrath 11. Reforming the Law of Secured Transactions in Scotland Andrew JM Steven and Hamish Patrick Part II: The Current State of Affairs: the English Law of Secured Transactions 12. The English Law of Personal Property Security: Under-reformed? Louise Gullifer and Magda Raczynska 13. An Uneasy Case of Multiple Tracing Claims in English Law Magda Raczynska 14. Should Clauses Prohibiting Assignment be Overridden by Statute? Louise Gullifer Part III: Modernisation of the Law of Secured Transactions in Selected European Civil Law Jurisdictions 15. The Peculiar Approach of German Law in the Field of Secured Transactions and Why it has worked (So Far) Moritz Brinkmann 16. Italian Secured Transactions Law: the Need for Reform Anna Veneziano 17. The Still Uncompleted Evolution of the French Law on Secured Transactions towards Modernity Jean-Francois Riffard 18. The Belgian Reform on Security Interests in Movable Property Eric Dirix 19. Secured Transactions Law Reform in Lithuania Andrius Smaliukas 20. Modernisation of the Law of Secured Transactions in Spain Teresa Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell and Jorge Feliu Rey Part IV: The Potential Influence of International Legislative Texts on Law Reform 21. The EBRD's Experience in Secured Transactions Reform: How Can Outsiders Help? Frederique Dahan 22. The United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade and Small Businesses N Orkun Akseli 23. The UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions and the Draft UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions compared Spyridon V Bazinas Part V: Conclusions and Recommendations 24. Conclusions and Recommendations Louise Gullifer