Choice of law in United States cross-border insolvencies.

From: Denver Journal of International Law and Policy | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: Coulson, Richard E. | Copyright information

I. INTRODUCTION

In a period marked by the development of numerous treaties, conventions, and statutes designed to regulate international business, the field of international bankruptcy remains disturbingly resistant to reform. Most of the major initiatives proposed in past decades have failed completely; others, though adopted, have had only moderate impact. As a result, the bankruptcy of a multinational enterprise typically triggers diverse and uncoordinated legal proce...

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