International and Comparative Secured Transactions Law

Spyridon V Bazinas is Senior Legal Officer in the International Trade Law Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, which serves as the the Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).N Orkun Akseli is an Associate Professor of Commercial Law at Durham Law School.

• 1. Secured Credit Legislation: Functionalism or Transactional Co-Existence Michael Bridge2. ‘Functional Formalism’ in the Treatment of Leases under Secured Transactions Law: Comparative Lessons from the Canadian Experience Catherine Walsh3. Reflections on Misgivings about a Model Law Neil B Cohen4. The UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions Spyridon V Bazinas5. Non-assignment Clauses and their Treatment under UNCITRAL’s Secured Transactions Law Instruments N Orkun Akseli6. Dealing with Concepts of Property in the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions and UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions (2016) Steven O Weise7. Current Issues in Cross-Border Asset-Based Lending: Lessons from the Field on the Need for Secured Transactions Reform Richard M Kohn8. The Rights and Obligations of the Parties to the Security Agreement According to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions Bénédict Foëx9. Sûretés Mobilières et Stocks : ou l’Art et la Manière de Résoudre la Quadrature du Cercle Jean-Francois Riffard10. Some Thoughts (and Facts) about the Process of Secured Transactions Law Reform, with Special Emphasis on Registration, the Key to Achievement of Reform’s Goals Marek Dubovec and Harry C Sigman11. Conflict-of-Laws Rules on Security Rights in Non-Intermediaries Securities Michel Deschamps12. Comparative Approaches to the Enforcement of Secured Credit in Insolvency José M Garrido and Edwin E Smith13. Comparative Study on Indian Secured Transactions Law and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions Madhukar R Umarji14. Security Interests over Intellectual Property Rights in Italy: Critical Analysis and Reform Proposals Andrea Tosato15. Reverse Engineering the Law: Reforming Secured Transactions Law in Italy Giuliano G Castellano

The book is recommended for anyone who wishes to further develop their skills in the (international) challenges faced by secured transactions law.