scholarly journals Koordinacija stečajnih postupaka – sa posebnim osvrtom na transfer sredstava stečajne mase i stečaj povezanih društava / Coordination of Bankruptcy Proceedings - with special emphasis to the the transfer of bankruptcy assets and to bankruptcy of a members of group of companies

Author(s):  
Vladimir Čolović ◽  
Siniša Aleksić

The possibility to start against the debtor more bankruptcy proceeding, of which one is main bankruptcy, and the other are secondaries or specials, has led to the necessity of defining the rules governing coordination of these proceedings, in order to achieve the unity of the bankruptcy assets and to the equal settlement of creditors. Today, national laws and international statutory sources contain rules governing the coordination of bankruptcy proceedings. However, these rules have their basis in Private International Law. The author presents the rules of the EU Regulation No. 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings, then the rules of Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, and, also, the rules of the USA legislature. The paper analyzes the status of the foreign bankruptcy decision on the territory of the country of recognition, then, the relationship and cooperation between the subjects referred to bankruptcy proceedings, in particular between the bankruptcy trustees, as well as between foreign bankruptcy trustee and the court, and the transfer of bankruptcy assets from the secondary to the main bankruptcy proceeding, which defines the status of the main relative to the secondary proceeding. Special attention is paid to bankruptcy of a members of group of companies.

Author(s):  
Hyun Suk Kwang

This chapter studies South Korean perspectives on the Hague Principles. Korea has enacted choice of law rules for courts in litigation and choice of law rules for arbitral tribunals. The former are set forth in the Private International Law Act of Korea (KPILA) and the latter in the Arbitration Act of Korea (KAA). The single most important Korean legislation on private international law is the KPILA, which mainly consists of provisions on applicable law and on international jurisdiction in civil and commercial matters. As for the KAA, it was modelled on the 1985 Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration of United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and further amended in 2016 in order to reflect the amendments adopted in 2006 to the UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Law. Since Korea has detailed choice of law rules for courts and arbitral tribunals, the role which could be played by the Hague Principles in Korea will be very limited. Korean courts could use them for reference in the interpretation, supplementation, and/or development of applicable rules of choice of law regarding matters not covered by the choice of law rules of the KPILA.


Author(s):  
Yassari Nadjma

This chapter presents Iranian perspectives on the Hague Principles. Generally, private international law is not very developed in Iran, neither in theory nor in practice. This is for diverse reasons: the history and the legacy of the capitulations systems, according to which foreign citizen and entities were exempted from Iranian jurisdiction, is still vividly felt, as is the fear of potential foreign domination. This has nurtured a general suspicion towards the application of foreign law as a gateway for political intervention of foreign powers. Following the revolution of 1979, the political situation and the instability and insecurity of foreign investments have been major impediments to the spread of international commerce between Iran and the rest of the world, diminishing the need to establish efficient private international law tools. This factual situation is mirrored by a poor engagement with international contract law in scholarly writings, which often remain hypothetical and abstract due to the lack of case law. Nowhere in the literature is any reference made to the Hague Principles. Only in the field of international arbitration has there been some movement: in 1997, the Law on International Commercial Arbitration (LICA) was enacted, a code that relies greatly on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law.


Lex Russica ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 84-103
Author(s):  
O. F. Zasemkova

In May 2018, at the 4th and final meeting of the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the draft Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters that had been developed since 1992 was represented. It is expected that after the Diplomatic Session that will be held in the mid-2019 the draft will be finalized and the Convention will be adopted and opened for signature.In this regard, the article attempts to analyze the main provisions of the draft Convention and assess the appropriateness for the Russian Federation to access it, taking into account the fact that Russia has a limited number of international treaties permitting recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in Russia and decisions of Russian courts abroad. Based on the results of the analysis, the author concludes that the adoption of this Convention will provide for a simple and effective basis for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments eligible for States with different legal, social and economic circumstances. This, in turn, will increase the practical value of court decisions ensuring the most comprehensive protection of the rights and interests of the party in whose favour the decision has been made and, as a consequence, will contribute to the attractiveness of this method of dispute resolution for parties involved in cross-border private law relations.However, the mixed attitudes of the EU and the USA to the Draft Convention raises the question of their accession to the future Convention and may significantly reduce the impact of the adoption of the document under consideration.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Lehmann

Abstract Various states have started providing private law frameworks for blockchain transfers and crypto assets. France and Liechtenstein have adopted the first acts, while a commission of the British government sees no difficulties in extending property protection under the common law to crypto assets. In the USA, an amendment to the Uniform Commercial Code has been suggested, which has not stopped some states going their own, different way. The aim in all cases is to promote the use of modern distributed ledger technology and enhance investor protection. While these initiatives will increase legal certainty, they differ significantly. This has an important downside: there is a strong risk that the blockchain will be made subject to diverging legal rules. Similar to the world of intermediated securities, various national laws will need to be consulted to determine the rights and privileges of investors. This may increase transaction costs, thwart interoperability, and produce thorny conflict-of-laws problems. Markets risk being fragmented into national segments, with an inevitable diminution of their depth and liquidity. As a remedy, this article suggests developing uniform rules for the blockchain. Before national legislators and judges once again divide the world through idiosyncratic rules, the private law of crypto assets should be harmonized to the highest degree possible. Uniform rules should ideally be forged at the global level, by fora like the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the Hague Conference on Private International Law. In the absence of worldwide rules, uniformization of private law should take place at the regional level—for instance, by the European Union. The article makes specific suggestions as to how this can be achieved and what the content of those rules should be.


2008 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Mehling ◽  
Anja Lindroos

AbstractOur current understanding of so-called “self-contained regimes” is based on an overly simplistic appreciation of how such regimes interact with each other and with the larger body of international law. Drawing on an analysis of WTO case law, this article highlights two distinct normative relations, addressing the relationship of international trade law vis-à-vis general international law and international environmental law. As the analysis reveals, further differentiation of normative relationships is needed to better understand how such seemingly independent regimes operate in a fragmented legal system. It also shows that a recently proposed interpretative tool, systemic integration, raises new questions and challenges traditional conceptions of international treaty law.


2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-412
Author(s):  
Beat Schönenberger

The Committee on Cultural Heritage Law of the International Law Association (ILA) held an interim meeting in London on May 17–18, 2007. After completing the work on the Principles for Cooperation in the Mutual Protection and Transfer of Cultural Material on the occasion of the Seventy-Second Conference in Toronto 2006, the committee has now two projects on its agenda. The first one is concerned with a study of the concept of safe havens for temporary deposit of cultural material rescued from circumstances of armed conflict and other serious threats; the second study deals with the relationship between international trade law and cultural heritage law.


Yuridika ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aktieva Tri Tjitrawati

The implementation of international trade in the forest products that related with sustainable production and consumption cycle process include the legal regime of international trade in natural resources, the State Government exporters and importers, as well as markets in importing countries. International trade law regime is still have a weak role in preventing the illegal logging trade, hence it is required a International Law drafting concepts which can avoid illegal actions by obligating the exporters or the exporter countries with certain obligations. These efforts require a reconceptualization the relationship between trade and environment, which until now are often placed in the same dichotomy.Key Word: Legal Frame, Prevention, Illegal Logging.


Lex Russica ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. F. Zasemkova

In the context of integration, globalization and increasing complexity of private law relations complicated by a foreign element, private international law acquires special importance. Being influenced by the processes named above, it is not only rapidly developing and acquiring new directions for development. Private international law is also facing new global challenges. In this regard, the article attempts to analyze the main trends in the development of private international law in the 21st century revealing new trends and threats that it may face in modern conditions.Based on the results of the analysis, the author comes to the conclusion that the main trends in the development of private international law include the expansion of the scope of its application, as well as the unification and harmonization carried out within the framework of various international organizations at both universal and regional levels. The Hague Conference on Private International Law and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) play the most important role in this process. Finally, one more important trend in the development of private international law is constituted by the attempt to adapt to new, rapidly changing realities leading to a substantial modernization of the methods of cross-border private law disputes resolution.


2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-416
Author(s):  
Robert K. Paterson ◽  
James A. R. Nafziger

In August 2008 the Seventy-third Conference of the International Law Association (ILA) in Rio de Janeiro adopted the Cultural Heritage Law Committee's “Guidelines for the Establishment and Conduct of Safe Havens for Cultural Material,” the text of which appears in this issue. The Committee, after discussing its on-going project concerning the relationship between international trade law and the protection of cultural heritage, decided to focus on national export controls.


Author(s):  
Christiane Verdon

SummaryThis article reviews Canada's participation in the international unification of private law and private international law that is carried out by international organizations such as The Hague Conference on Private International Law, Unidroit, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, and the Specialized Conferences on Private International Law of the Organization of American States. It describes the new mechanisms that have been established to facilitate this participation, since the conventions developed in these organizations often deal with matters that fall within provincial kgislative competence and thus need to be implemented by the provinces. The new “territorial federal State clause” that Canada has had inserted in these conventions and the federal-provincial consultation mechanisms that have been put in place have been instrumental in facilitating Canada's ratification of conventions that unify private law and private international law.


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