Availability of Credit and Secured Transactions in a Time of Crisis

Foreword Sir Roy Goode; Introduction N. Orkun Akseli; Part I. Availability of Credit: 1. Money, bank debt, and business cycles: between economic development and financial crises David Bholat; 2. Secured Transactions Law reform, UNCITRAL, and the export of foreign legal models Gerard McCormack; 3. Comments on the availability of credit Joanna Gray; Part II. Involvement of International Financial Institutions in Secured Transactions Law Reform: 4. International organizations as global law-makers: seven shifts in practice for Secured Transactions Law and beyond Terence C. Halliday; 5. The creation of international commercial law standards by international financial institutions - why they do it and whether they should Spyridon V. Bazinas; 6. The power of Secured Transactions Law and the challenge of its reform Frederique Dahan; 7. Involvement of international financial institutions in Secured Transactions Law reform: a commentary Loukas Mistelis; Part III. The Availability of Credit and the Utility and Efficacy of the UNCITRAL's legislative efforts: 8. The utility and efficacy of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions Spyridon V. Bazinas; 9. The utility and efficacy of the UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables and the Facilitation of Credit N. Orkun Akseli; 10. Commentary on the availability of credit and the utility and efficacy of the UNCITRAL's legislative efforts in Secured Transactions Henry D. Gabriel; Part IV. Availability of Credit and Secured Transactions Law Reform: 11. International standards and English reform Anjanette H. Raymond; 12. International standards and the reform of English Personal Property Securities Law Noel McGrath; 13. The UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions as a model for law reform: some conclusions Hugh Beale.