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1st Edition

Personal Insolvency Law Global Perspectives and China's Transformation

Edited By Guan H. Tang, Jing Liu, Yimin Ren Copyright 2027

350 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

Description

In an era marked by economic uncertainty and rising living costs, the need for compassionate and effective personal insolvency systems has never been more urgent. This edited volume offers a timely and incisive exploration of the complexities of personal insolvency regimes. Drawing on insights from the UK, the US, Europe, Japan and China, the book examines how diverse legal systems negotiate... Read more

Table of Contents

1. Personal Insolvency at a Crossroads
Guan H Tang

Part I The Institutional Dynamics of Personal Insolvency

2. The Changing Institutional Context of Personal Insolvency Law
Iain Ramsay

3. The Discharge of Debt under the Personal Insolvency System of England and Wales: Lessons to be Learned from an Economic Perspective
Katharina Möser

4 The Dilemmas and Paths of China’s Personal Insolvency Regime: Legislative Momentum as an Analytical Focus
Jing Liu

Part II The Delicate Balance of Relief and Responsibility in Insolvency Reform

5 Failure and Success: Consumer and Small Business Bankruptcy Reform in the US
Jason Kilborn

6 The Debt-restructuring System in Sweden
Annina H. Persson

7 The Construction of a Linkage Incentive Mechanism for Reorganisation of SMEs and Their Operators
Yimin Ren

Part III The Procedural Complexities of Personal Insolvency and Asset Management

8 The Estate in Bankruptcy Law
David Milman

9 Rediscovering the Value of Bankruptcy Compromise in China – Reflections from Japan’s SSD Regime
Lijie Qi

10 The Construction of Personal Insolvency Rules for Residential Property Disposal in China from a Comparative Law Perspective
Amy Ren and Shawn Xu

Part IV The Evolving Functions and Concepts of Personal Insolvency Law

11 The Consumer Bankruptcy Regime in Japan: Application and Structure
Kazuhiko Yamamoto

12 The Uses of Bankruptcy
Stephen Baister

13 Lotus Just Buds: Current Situation and Future Prospect of China’s Personal Insolvency Counselling System
Dan He

Part V The Way Forward

14 Competition, Human Rights, and the Architecture of Personal Insolvency Law in China
Guan H. Tang

Editor(s)

Biography

Guan H. Tang is a Reader in Commercial Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London where she specialises in comparative commercial law, AI garvennance, law and public interest.

Jing Liu is an Associate Professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University School of Law, China and was Director of the university’s Personal Insolvency Center.

Yimin Ren is the Managing Partner of Capital Equity Legal Group, President of the Zhejiang Bankruptcy Administrators Association, and Executive Vice-President of the Zhejiang Bankruptcy Law Research Association, China.

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