- This work, undertaken by the Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Committee of the International Bar Association's Section on Business Law, gathers together a critical assessment of some of the most pressing current issues in cross-border insolvency and reorganization, under the following The Proposed European Community Insolvency Convention. Contents : The proposed European Community Insolvency Convention / Philippe Woodland. -- A comparison of bankruptcy reorganisation in the US with the administration procedure in the UK / Jay Lawrence Westbrook. -- Maxwell Communication Corporation pic: The importance of comity and co-operation in resolving international insolvencies / Evan D. Flaschen and Ronald J. Silverman. -- Dynamics of a cross-border workout / Steven Sharpe. -- Treatment of international insolvency issues in Japan / Koji Takeuchi. -- New frontiers in Canadian cross-border insolvencies. / E. Bruce Leonard and Christopher W. Besant. -- The revision of international insolvency law in Germany / Hans-Jochem Lüer. -- Cross-border insolvencies: An Australian perspective / Richard Fisher. -- International Bankruptcy Proceedings and Claims / Giorgio Cherubini. -- The new insolvency regimes in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States / Carol A.M. Patterson. -- Shareholder liability, consolidation and pooling / Christopher K. Grierson. -- The Model International Insolvency Co-operation Act / Timothy E. Powers, Rona R. Mears and John A. Barrett. -- Effects of foreign bankruptcy judgments and powers of foreign receivers. A french perspective / Laurent Gaillot. -- The proposed European Community Insolvency Convention / Philippe Woodland -- A comparison of bankruptcy reorganisation in the US with the administration procedure in the UK / Jay Lawrence Westbrook -- Maxwell Communication Corporation pic: The importance of comity and co-operation in resolving international insolvencies / Evan D. Flaschen and Ronald J. Silverman -- Dynamics of a cross-border workout / Steven Sharpe -- Treatment of international insolvency issues in Japan / Koji Takeuchi -- New frontiers in Canadian cross-border insolvencies / E. Bruce Leonard and Christopher W. Besant. The proposed European Community Insolvency Convention / Philippe Woodland -- A comparison of bankruptcy reorganisation in the US with the administration procedure in the UK / Jay Lawrence Westbrook -- Maxwell Communication Corporation pic: The importance of comity and co-operation in resolving international insolvencies / Evan D. Flaschen & Ronald J. Silverman -- Dynamics of a cross-border workout / Steven Sharpe -- Treatment of international insolvency issues in Japan / Koji Takeuchi -- New frontiers in Canadian cross-border insolvencies / E. Bruce Leonard and Christopher W. Besant. -- The revision of international insolvency law in Germany / Hans-Jochem Lüer -- Cross-border insolvencies: An Australian perspective / Richard Fisher -- International Bankruptcy Proceedings and Claims / Giorgio Cherubini -- The new insolvency regimes in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States / Carol A.M. Patterson -- Shareholder liability, consolidation and pooling / Christopher K. Grierson -- The Model International Insolvency Co-operation Act / Timothy E. Powers and Rona R. Mears and John A. Barrett -- Effects of foreign bankruptcy judgments and powers of foreign receivers : a french perspective / Laurent Gaillot. -- Appendix 1: English version of MIICA. -- Appendix 2: Spanish version of MIICA. -- Appendix 3: Norwegian version of MIICA. -- Appendix 4: Dutch version of MIICA. -- Appendix 5: Japanese version of MIICA. -- Appendix 6: Danish version of MIICA. -- Appendix 7: German version of MIICA. -- Appendix 8: MIICA Country Chairman.