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Zusatztext Ooi has provided a detailed and useful analysis of the conflict of law issues for both directly held and indirectly held securities...a valuable contribution to the debate...Ooi's analysis of the appropriate choice of law rules against the background of the Convention would no doubt assist in the consideration! implementation and interpretation of the Convention. Informationen zum Autor Dr Maisie Ooi was educated at the University of Malaya and the University of Oxford, and was awarded her DPhil in 2001. She is Senior Associate with the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Hong Kong. Klappentext This book examines the problems of choice of law where transactions cross borders and involve shares or other securities of different nationalities. It considers dealings in securities under the traditional direct holding system and under the modern system of holding through intermediaries. Various theories and legislative reforms have been suggested in an attempt to resolve these two methods, and the book examines the extent to which they provide a viable solution. Zusammenfassung Examines the problems of choice of law where transactions cross borders and involve shares or other securities of different nationalities. This book considers dealings in securities under the traditional direct holding system and under the modern system of holding through intermediaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I 1: The present state of the common law 2: Analysis of choice of law rules which have been applied to shares 3: What is a share? 4: 'Transfers' or 'assignments' and 'pledges' of shares 5: Characterization Part II 6: The indirect holding system 7: Analysis of choice of law approaches for the indirect holding system 8: Assignments and collateralization 9: The effect of insolvency Part III 10: Statutory intervention 11: Revised Articles 8 and 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code 12: European Legislation 13: Proposed Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary 14: Comparison of choice of law treatments 15: Reformulation of choice of law rules ...
