"This book examines systematically the current systems of secured lending in China and Hong Kong, where companies or individuals offer personal property as security for credit advanced by a lender. Valid and enforceable security reduces the risk to the lender and so lowers the cost of credit to...

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Hauptverfasser:	Williams, Mark (VerfasserIn), Lu, Haitian (VerfasserIn), Chin-Aun, Ong (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2010
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Security (Law) / China Security (Law) / China / Hong Kong Rechtssystem Kreditsicherung China Hongkong
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Zusammenfassung:	"This book examines systematically the current systems of secured lending in China and Hong Kong, where companies or individuals offer personal property as security for credit advanced by a lender. Valid and enforceable security reduces the risk to the lender and so lowers the cost of credit to the borrower. However, the Hong Kong system, being largely derived from English law, is highly complex and in need of root-and-branch reform. The forces of inaction have triumphed and valuable opportunities to create a modern, rational and efficient system have been squandered. In China, on the other hand, a completely new system has been created in the last twenty years which, whilst it has various problems and defects, has some notable advantages over the common law equivalent found in Hong Kong"--
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction -- Security over tangible personal property -- Security over intangible personal property -- Company security over personal property -- Hire-purchase, leasing and conditional sale of tangible personal property -- Priority of security interests over personal property -- Enforcement, and creditor's remedies -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:	XXX, 419 S. 24 cm
ISBN:	9780521519342