Getting Credit

Giuliano G. Castellano is a leading scholar of financial regulation and comparative commercial law, focusing on the interplay between law, finance, and technology. Associate Professor and Director of AIIFL at HKU, expert advisor to UNCITRAL and UNIDROIT, he has influenced international policies and domestic reforms promoting sustainable access to credit. Marek Dubovec is a leading authority on commercial law reform, specializing in secured transactions, digital assets, and agricultural finance. Director of Law Reform Programs at the International Law Institute and Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona, he has shaped UNCITRAL and UNIDROIT instruments and led reforms globally.

• 1. Agents of change: secured transactions law and development; 2. Building on shifting sands: the evolution of secured transactions law; 3. Blueprint for progress: legal transplants, model rules, and reform strategies; 4. Setting the course: the pre-reform phase and the perils of global benchmarks; 5. Old paths and new avenues: the reform and post-enactment phases; 6. The menu of options: international secured transactions instruments for access to credit; 7. It takes two to tango: coordinating private law and prudential regulation reforms; 8. Circuits of progress: technology, law, and development; 9. Prometheus bound: digital assets, private law, regulation, and the future of credit; 10. Charting new pathways: a product-focused reform strategy for credit market transformation; 11. Winds of change: secured transactions law reforms for global sustainability; Index; Tables; Appendix A. Secured transactions in the development agenda; Appendix B. Digital financial inclusion (DFI) priorities.