A brief description of several of my current projects follows below. Further developments will be announced on my weblog.
Research Contract Law
Recent research has resulted in three books (in Dutch), all published
in 2006:
- B. Wessels, R.H.C. Jongeneel, M.L. Hendrikse (eds.), General Contract Conditions - Algemene Voorwaarden. Serie Recht en Praktijk, 5e druk, 2006.
- B. Wessels and A.J. Verheij (eds.), Specific Contracts - Bijzondere overeenkomsten. Studiereeks Burgerlijk Recht, 2006.
- B. Wessels, Subordinated Debts - Achtergestelde vorderingen. Monografieen Privaatrecht, 2e druk, 2006.
Publisher is Kluwer.
Wessels Insolvency Law
With the publication of 'International Insolvency Law' (Wessels, series Insolvency Law, Vol. X) I have started the next edition of the 10 Volumes of the series Wessels Insolventierecht. For obvious reasons the other Volumes will be published in Dutch. March 2008 five other volumes have been published.
The publisher is Kluwer.
SDU Commentaries Commercial Law
Professor Maarten Kroeze (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Professor Geert Raaijmakers (University Maastricht) and myself form the Editorial Board of SDU Commentaren Ondernemingsrecht. As of mid-2006 detailed comments will be published in the areas of Corporate Law, Insolvency Law and Financial Law. These commentaries (in Dutch) will also be available online.
Information: www.sdu.nl
American College of Bankrupty
In collaboration with former professor of law, now Hon. Justice Bruce A. Markell (U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Nevada, USA) a book will be produced under the working title: 'International Cooperation in Bankruptcy and Insolvency Matters', and as a subtitle: 'On the origins, development and future of communication and cooperation in cross-border insolvency cases between insolvency practitioners and courts.' Publisher: Oceana (Oxford University Press).
Intended date of publication: 2008.
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American Law Institute
Both professor Ian Fletcher (University College London) and I have been appointed by the American Law Institute as Reporters for the project 'Principles for Cooperation in International Insolvency Cases'. It is a joint effort with the International Insolvency Institute:
'The objective of the project is to establish the extent to which it is feasible to achieve a worldwide acceptance of the Principles of Cooperation among the NAFTA Countries (USA, Canada, Mexico) that were developed during the American Law Institute's Transnational Insolvency Project and which were approved by its membership at its Annual Meeting in 2000. In addition to exploring the degree of consensus that can be achieved in relation to the ALI Principles of Cooperation (or as many of them as proves to be practicable), the project intends to build on the foundation of that ground-breaking study by investigating the possibility of extending, or further refining, certain of the Principles in order to reflect the evolution of global opinion regarding important issues in the transnational insolvency process, and current views concerning the priority to be accorded to resolving such issues. These include the principles and procedures to be applied in cases where insolvency occurs within multinational corporate groups and principles containing conflict of law recommendations.'
The project will run until 2009.
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