CBFL-EWBCLB-CLC Book Launch: Secured Transactions Law In Asia

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CBFL-EWBCLB-CLC Book Launch: Secured Transactions Law In Asia

July

08

Thursday

Speaker:	Welcome and Introduction Professor Simon Chesterman (Dean, NUS Law) Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart (Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford) Professor Louise Gullifer QC (Hon) FBA (Rouse Ball Professor of English Law University of Cambridge) Associate Professor Dora Neo (Director, Centre for Banking & Finance Law, NUS Law) Commentary Dr Kristin van Zwieten (Director, Commercial Law Centre, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford) Keynote Address Professor Ignacio Tirado (Secretary-General, UNIDROIT) Legal Culture and Reform: Civil and Common Law Challenges Professor Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Professor Louise Gullifer QC (Hon) FBA (Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, University of Cambridge) Country Specific Presentations - Singapore: Associate Professor Dora Neo (Director, Centre for Banking & Finance Law, NUS Law) - Korea: Professor Youngjoon Kwon (Seoul National University School of Law) - Bangladesh: Mr Junayed Ahmed Chowdhury (Managing Partner, Vertex Chambers (Dhaka, Bangladesh) & Vertex International Consulting) - Philippines: Ms Griselda (Gay) Santos (Regional Director for Southeast Asia, Water.org; Financial Inclusion Advocate; Former IFC Specialist and leader of the Philippine secured transactions reform; Chair, Financial Inclusion Committee, Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines)
Time:	4:30 pm to 6:30 pm (SGT)
Venue:	Via Zoom Webinar
Type of Participation:	Open To Public

Description

This collection of essays offers a unique insight and overview of the secured transactions law in many of the most important countries in Asia, as well as reflection on the need for, benefits of and challenges for reform in this area of the law.

The book provides a mixture of general reflections on the history, successes and challenges of secured transaction law reform, and critical discussion of the law in a number of Asian countries. In some of the countries, the law has already been reformed, or reform is under way, and here the reforms are considered critically, with recommendations for future work. In other countries, the law is not yet reformed, and the existing law is analysed so as to determine what reform is desirable, and whether it is likely to take place.

First, this book will enable those engaging with the law in Asia to understand better the contours of the law in both civil and common law jurisdictions. Second, it provides analytical insights into why secured transactions law reform happens or does not happen, the different methods by which reform takes place, the benefits of reform and the difficulties that need to be overcome for successful reform. Third, it discusses the need for reform where none has yet taken place and critically assesses the reforms which have already been enacted or are being considered. In addition to providing a forum for discussion in relation to the countries in question, this book is also a timely contribution to the wider debate on secured transactions law reform which is taking place around the world.