Comparative law of security and guarantees / created by Philip R. Wood.

Includes index

Part I International security; Chapter 1 - Principles of security, 2 - Universal business charges, 3 - Land and chattel mortagages, 4 - Security over contract debts, 5 - Assignments of debts by creditor to debtor: "charge-backs", 6 - Security over investment securities, 7 - Security over intellectual property, 8 - Formalities for security agreements; secured debt; secured creditors, 9 - Public registration of security, 10 - Enforcement of security, 11 - Security and rehabilitation proceedings, 12 - Security and priorities, 13 - Security and conflict of laws, Part II Ship and aircraft finance; Chapter 14 - Ship and aircraft finance: introduction, 15 - Ships and aircraft: registration of title and mortgages, 16 - Ships and aircraft: aspects of the mortgage and country surveys, 17 - Ships and aircraft: covenants, 18 - Defaults and enforcement of ship and aircraft mortgages, 19 - Recognition of foreign ship and aircraft mortgages, 20 - Maritime and aircraft liens, 21 - Security over ship and aircraft earnings and charters, 22 - Security over ship and aircraft insurances, Ship construction finance, Part III Guarantees; Chapter 24 - Guarantees introduction, 25 - Terms of guarantees 26 - Independent guarantors: bank and export credit guarantees, 27 - Comfort letters, 28 - Standby letters of credit, 29 - Other forms of guarantee, Part IV Preferences Chapter 30 - Avoidance of security and guarantees as preferences: introduction, 31 - Preferences : prejudice to creditors, 32 - Preferences: subject period and other matters.

Comparative Law of Security and Guarantees contains an international and comparative study of the law of security.Coverage includes floating and universal business charges, security over contracts and receivables, charge-backs, security over investment securities including those held by custodians such as Euroclear, a comparative study of ship and aircraft finance, and a review of guarantees, standby letters of credit, comfort letters and so on.The book also contains check-lists, summaries and precedents.