55 research outputs found
Lawyer-Made Law, Lex Juris and Confusing the Message with the Messenger: A Comment on Frankel
Conspiracy, Literalism, and Ennui at the Supreme Court: An Examination of Bankruptcy Cases Decided from 1990- to 1993
A View from the Field: Some Observations on the Effect of International Commercial Law Reform Efforts on the Rule of Law
Toward True and Plain Dealing: A Theory of Fraudulent Transfers Involving Unreasonably Small Capital
Infinite Jest: The Otiose Quest for Completeness in Validating Insolvency Judgments
Universalism in cross-border bankruptcies strives to reduce waste, and harmonize restructuring and recoveries. Universalism’s avatar is UNCITRAL’s 1997 Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvencies (Model Law). Underlying the Model Law, however, is an implicit assumption that court orders entered in the proceeding where the debtor’s center of main interests is located will be respected in all other states in which the debtor has assets or operations. That assumption may have been incorrect, as shown by cases such as the United Kingdom’s Rubin v. Eurofinance, S.A.
This Article looks at UNCITRAL’s reaction to Rubin: its new Model Law on Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency-Related Judgments (Recognition Law). It examines the Recognition Law’s reciprocity provisions, and examines the likely operation of such provisions both practically (by analyzing complex debtor in possession financing orders) and theoretically (by examining theories of translation first discussed by W.V.O. Quine). The Article concludes by expressing deep pessimism that the Recognition Law will solve the perceived problems with Model Law
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