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Bankrupt [electronic resource] : global lawmaking and systemic financial crisis / Terence C. Halliday and Bruce G. Carruthers.

Halliday, Terence C. (Terence Charles) (Author). Carruthers, Bruce G. (Added Author).

Summary:

Through the lens of the Asian Financial Crisis, this book documents how international organizations and national governments crafted legal responses, through corporate bankruptcy reforms, to the fragility of financial markets in East Asia and worldwide.

Record details

ISBN: 9780804776288 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0804776288 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 505 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-480) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The legal constitution of markets -- Managing corporate breakdowns across national frontiers -- Constructing global norms for national insolvency systems -- Attaining the global standard / Terence C. Halliday, Susan Block-Lieb, and Bruce G. Carruthers -- Indonesia : the IMF as a reformist ally -- Korea : legal restructuring of the market and state -- China : global norms with "Chinese characteristics" -- Intermediation -- Foiling -- Recursivity -- The implementation gap.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.