Paul Omar is a Barrister and Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, UK.

'Excellent contributions on broad-ranging and complex topics, developed in a comparative and international context. The chapters demonstrate able scholarship and provide a better understanding of insolvency law reform, both in personal and business insolvency worldwide.'Bob Wessels, University of Leiden, The Netherlands 'The profile of international insolvency law has developed rapidly in the past 10 years and this volume clearly adds to the increasing amount of quality scholarship published in this field. It deals with a broad range of general and specialist topics that have become important issues for international insolvency law.'Andrew Keay, University of Leeds, UK'This book is a scintillating contribution to the worldwide discussion and debate on international insolvency. With the profound insights of a number of outstanding international scholars, it will be of immense value to the national and international lawmakers, and the judges and practitioners in national and international courts, who frequently face huge and complex legal issues.'Emeritus Professor Harry Rajak, University of Sussex, UK

• Contents: Editorial preface; Part I New Thoughts on Insolvency: Catholic social thought and corporate insolvency law, Armin J. Kammel; International trade and insolvency, Paul Todd. Part II The Law Reform Imperative: Tranched, squared and derived: credit derivative regulatory reform and the restructuring of insolvent businesses, Janis Sarra; China’s new bankruptcy law: notable features and key enforcement issues, Rebecca Parry and Haizheng Zhang; Creating a template for banking insolvency law reform after the collapse of Northern Rock, Roman Tomasic. Part III Issues in Corporate Rescue: Aggrieved shareholders as creditors: an unmapped coordinate in the cartography of Australian insolvency law, Anil Hargovan; The Australian corporate rescue provisions: how do they compare?, David Morrison and Colin Anderson. Part IV Issues for Small and Medium Enterprises: The extension of small company voluntary arrangements: a response to the Conservative Party’s corporate restructuring proposals, John Tribe. Part V Issues in Personal Insolvency: Perspectives on protecting the family home in South African insolvency law, Corlia van Heerden, André Boraine and Lienne Steyn; Debt enforcement regimes outside bankruptcy in English law: observations on current diversity and future complexity, David Milman. Part VI The UNCITRAL Projects: Representing the interests of unsecured creditors: a comparative look at UNCITRAL’s legislative guide on insolvency law, Susan Block-Lieb, Juraj Alexander and Evgeny Kovalenko; Is the future bright for enterprise groups in insolvency? An analysis of UNCITRAL’s new recommendations, Irit Mevorach; Beyond the UNCITRAL model law in Australasia: the scope for bilateral agreements, David Brown; Index.

Paul Omar is a Barrister and Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, UK.

'Excellent contributions on broad-ranging and complex topics, developed in a comparative and international context. The chapters demonstrate able scholarship and provide a better understanding of insolvency law reform, both in personal and business insolvency worldwide.'Bob Wessels, University of Leiden, The Netherlands 'The profile of international insolvency law has developed rapidly in the past 10 years and this volume clearly adds to the increasing amount of quality scholarship published in this field. It deals with a broad range of general and specialist topics that have become important issues for international insolvency law.'Andrew Keay, University of Leeds, UK'This book is a scintillating contribution to the worldwide discussion and debate on international insolvency. With the profound insights of a number of outstanding international scholars, it will be of immense value to the national and international lawmakers, and the judges and practitioners in national and international courts, who frequently face huge and complex legal issues.'Emeritus Professor Harry Rajak, University of Sussex, UK

• Contents: Editorial preface; Part I New Thoughts on Insolvency: Catholic social thought and corporate insolvency law, Armin J. Kammel; International trade and insolvency, Paul Todd. Part II The Law Reform Imperative: Tranched, squared and derived: credit derivative regulatory reform and the restructuring of insolvent businesses, Janis Sarra; China’s new bankruptcy law: notable features and key enforcement issues, Rebecca Parry and Haizheng Zhang; Creating a template for banking insolvency law reform after the collapse of Northern Rock, Roman Tomasic. Part III Issues in Corporate Rescue: Aggrieved shareholders as creditors: an unmapped coordinate in the cartography of Australian insolvency law, Anil Hargovan; The Australian corporate rescue provisions: how do they compare?, David Morrison and Colin Anderson. Part IV Issues for Small and Medium Enterprises: The extension of small company voluntary arrangements: a response to the Conservative Party’s corporate restructuring proposals, John Tribe. Part V Issues in Personal Insolvency: Perspectives on protecting the family home in South African insolvency law, Corlia van Heerden, André Boraine and Lienne Steyn; Debt enforcement regimes outside bankruptcy in English law: observations on current diversity and future complexity, David Milman. Part VI The UNCITRAL Projects: Representing the interests of unsecured creditors: a comparative look at UNCITRAL’s legislative guide on insolvency law, Susan Block-Lieb, Juraj Alexander and Evgeny Kovalenko; Is the future bright for enterprise groups in insolvency? An analysis of UNCITRAL’s new recommendations, Irit Mevorach; Beyond the UNCITRAL model law in Australasia: the scope for bilateral agreements, David Brown; Index.