Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law

NORTON ANNUAL REVIEW OF
INTERNATIONAL INSOLVENCY (2009)

CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME

Current Issues Involving The Application Of Exculpation and the Business Judgment Rule To Creditors' Suits Against Directors Of Insolvent Corporations

Dennis J. Connolly and Bess M. Parrish

Markets, Systemic Risk, and the Subprime Mortgage Crisis

Steven L. Schwarcz

Multinational Insolvency: A First Analysis of Unilateral Jurisdiction

Jay Lawrence Westbrook

Coordination Among Insolvency Courts in the Rescue of Multinational Enterprises

Ralph R. Mabey and Susan Power Johnston

Risks and Problems of Forum Selection in a Cross-Border Insolvency Case

John A. Barrett, Johnathan C. Bolton, and Robert C. Tucker

The "Home Country" of a Multinational Enterprise Group Facing Insolvency

Irit Mevorach

Eurotunnel: A Landmark Restructuring

Chris Mallon and Christian Pilkington

Japan's New Law that Facilitates Out-Of-Court Workouts by Bridging the Gap Between Statutory Reorganization and Workouts

Dr. Shinjiro Takagi

Pre-Packs, Progress, Pragmatism, and Propriety: A View From the United Kingdom

Dr. Sandra Frisby

Long-Tail Personal Injury Liabilities: The Australian Response

Karen O'Flynn

Criminal Liability of Directors and Officers in Japan

Hideyuki Sakai and Lisa Valentovish

Risks to Which Directors of Corporations in Crisis Are Exposed Under German Civil and Criminal Law

Renate Mueller and Michael Thierhoff

The Concept of "Odious Debts": A Historical Survey

Prof. Dr. Christoph G. Paulus

Corporate Bankruptcy and Reorganization in Brazil: National and Cross-Border Perspectives

Thomas Benes Felsberg and Paulo Fernando Campana Filho

The Italian Bankruptcy Law Reform &emdash; Act III

Luciano Panzani

A Technical Note on the EC Insolvency Regulation

Bob Wessels

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