A Global View of Business Insolvency Systems

Author:   Jay Lawrence Westbrook ,  World Bank
Publisher:   World Bank Publications
ISBN:  

9780821382615


Pages:   318
Publication Date:   30 March 2010
Format:   Paperback
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The recent crises underscore the need for modern, sophisticated systems to govern the resolution of business distress, in order to maximis value in the distressed estate and to protect economic institutions. This work analyses how legal systems around the world respond to the general default of business debtors. Inspired by the approach enshrined in the World Bank's Principles for Effective Insolvency and Creditor Rights Systems, it emphasizes the close inter-relationship among various elements of an insolvency regime, examining them not so much as sets of discrete rules as system-wide attempts to reconcile competing policy goals. It posits that any insolvency law pursues the goals of transparency, predictability, and efficiency, while at the same time seeking to address issues of fairness and social justice. Within this framework, the authors examine the principal international approaches to pre-distress debt collection and security enforcement; liquidation and reorganisation of distressed businesses; out-of-court workouts; the institutions entrusted with the conduct of such proceedings, including courts, official administrators, and private trustees; the position of the employees of distressed businesses; and cross-border insolvency. Without being prescriptive, the authors set out the costs and benefits of settling the myriad policy questions in these domains one way or another.

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Author:   Jay Lawrence Westbrook ,  World Bank
Publisher:   World Bank Publications
Imprint:   World Bank Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780821382615


ISBN 10:   0821382616
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   30 March 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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