Includes bibliographical references and index.

The culture of bankruptcy / Harry Rajak -- Cross-border insolvency law : where private international law and insolvency law meet / Rosalind Mason -- The law and economics of corporate insolvency : some thoughts / Armin J. Kammel -- The commencement of the company rescue : how and when does it start? / Colin Anderson and David Morrison -- A comparative analysis of the administration regimes in Australia and the United Kingdom / Andrew Keay -- Consuming passions : benchmarking consumer bankruptcy law systems / Donna McKenzie Skene and Adrian Walters -- Coming to terms with the COMI concept in the European insolvency regulation / Paul Torremans -- The dominance of main insolvency proceedings under the European insolvency regulation / Margreet B. De Boer and Bob Wessels -- Bank insolvency and the problem of non-performing loans / Andrew Campbell -- In re: spectrum plus : less of a bang than a whimper? / Sandra Frisby -- A plea for the development of coherent labour and insolvency principles on a regional basis in SADC countries / Stefan van Eck and André Boraine -- Widening the insolvency lens : the treatment of employee claims / Janis Sarra -- The claim against an insolvent for environmental damage / Leonie Stander -- Reducing collateral damage in franchisor insolvency / Jenny Buchan.