Chinese Journal of International Law: Βιβλιοκριτική
Η νομική επιθεώρηση «Chinese Journal of International Law» δημοσίευσε διθυραμβική κριτική για το βιβλίο «Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency» της Καθηγήτριας Λ.Ι. Αθανασίου. Παρατίθεται απόσπασμα:
The book under review is Lia Athanassiou, Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency.Informa Law from Routledge, New York, 2018, xxix+310 pp., ISBN 978-1-1387-4249-9 (hbk). The topic of maritime cross-border insolvency was first a research subject of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) in London 9 years before. With the ongoing development of a legislative framework and increasing case law worldwide, positive responses on how to deal with the interaction of insolvency and maritime law under the UNCITRAL regime and the EU regime motivated further research and elaboration. The book was inspired by these positive responses, and it intends to analyze the interaction of insolvency and maritime law from the perspective of a civil-law educated author.
The book is not only the first monograph in English on the topic of maritime cross-border insolvency, but also the first one in the world that discusses this topic from the perspectives of law, economics and psychology. In the book, the author and discusses the topic very systematically, comprehensively and in depth. The book addresses the issue raised by the bankruptcy of international shipping companies, “identifying the reasons and the key areas of the tension, reflecting upon the formulation of guidelines, and addressing the concrete manifestations of conflict on a comparative basis” (p. xv). The study focuses on “cross-border insolvency proceedings regulated by uniform rules, not only at the EU level, but also at the international level” (p. 7). Overall, the book aims to provide a complete overview of the two main transnational insolvency regimes, namely, the EU regime and the UNCITRAL regime, and to examine how they affect international maritime rules. The book addresses a hot topic in both international insolvency law and maritime law. It involves other branches of domestic law, including guaranty law, property law and civil procedural law. It also draws on the perspectives of economics and psychology.
