International Insolvency Review

Subject: International Insolvency Review
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 10:30:20 -0400 (EDT)

International Insolvency Review

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/60501798

ISSN: 1099-1107

International Insolvency Review has a dual mission which is conveniently
encapsulated in its title. Insolvency itself, as a subject of unquestioned
- indeed, increasing - importance properly commands international interest
as an area of study and critical comment. Practitioners and academics
alike are aware of the global affinities that exist between the essential
circumstances of insolvency, its functional aspects, and the impact of
these elements upon the ways in which debtor-creditor relations are
conducted. Solutions and innovations developed within one jurisdiction
thus have immediate interest and relevance for those working elsewhere.
The challenge is constantly experienced of finding appropriate ways of
adapting new methods and processes into the different structures of other
systems confronted by functionally similar problems. This Review exists in
part to serve as a medium for the dissemination of information about
recent or impending developments in insolvency law and practice which are
likely to be of international interest or significance, and to serve as an
archival source for the related documentation.

The second connotation of our chosen title however is a direct reflection
of the fact that many cases of insolvency actually contain an
international - or cross-border - element, whether by virtue of the
dispersal of creditors, or assets, between two or more different
jurisdictions, or by virtue of the fact that the debtor's affairs and
circumstances, or the legal structure of certain transactions, generate
questions of a multi-jurisdictional character. In an age of increasing
international activity at every level, instances of cross-border
insolvency are also on the increase, and their specially complex problems
are perforce coming to the attention of a steadily widening community of
scholars and practitioners, and also legislators and regulators - indeed
all who are in some way concerned with the phenomenon of insolvency and
feel called to address its profound and abiding challenges in the most
appropriate and resourceful ways currently conceivable. The cross-border
aspects of insolvency therefore feature prominently in the pages of this
Review.

Our principal aims are therefore to provide authoritative information and
comment about major issues and developments in the field of insolvency,
viewed in an international perspective. Among the regular features are
case comments, book reviews and notices, special communications and
editorial intelligence regarding forthcoming developments of particular
significance. The Documentation section publishes the text, in English
translation, of important new legislation or conventions applicable to
international insolvency. The Global Watch section, newly introduced in
1997, will be of special interest to practitioners wishing to receive
concise updating of the most important new developments (cases, statutes,
treaties, doctrinal writings, official reports, etc.) on a world-wide
basis.

Available by subscription only.

Contact:

Editor: Ian F. Fletcher
Email:  jmccarty@wiley.co.uk