Beschreibung:
Professor of German and European Private Law and Private International Law at Universitat Wurzburg, Germany.
The book presents a survey of the law relating to secured transactions in the member states of the European Union.
Part I. Introduction and context: 1. Introduction Eva-maria Kieninger; 2. A labyrinth of creditors Willem J. Zwalve; 3. Security in movables in the United States Harry C. Sigman; 4. The English law of security Michael Bridge; 5. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Secured Transactions project Frederique Dahan and John Simpson; Part II. The Case Studies; Evaluation: a common core? Convergences, subsisting differences and possible ways for harmonisations Eva-maria Kieninger; Indexes.