Introduction: Convergence and Divergence in Times of Crisis
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024)
Introduction: Convergence and Divergence in Times of Crisis. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (1-11). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_1
While legal harmonisation/convergence is considered to be one of the most influential theses in the discipline of law, the law of harmonisation is full of paradoxes. On the on...
Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises
Book
Ghio, E., & Perlingeiro, R. (Eds.)
(2024). Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5
This edited volume investigates legal convergence. It takes an international and thematical approach where chapters focus on how selected legal areas in selected jurisdictions...
Harmonisation and European Integration in Times of Crisis
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024)
Harmonisation and European Integration in Times of Crisis. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (255-276). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_14
Globalisation, generally, and European integration, more specifically, have led to calls for the minimisation of legal diversity which can result in transaction costs and the ...
Terminology
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024)
Terminology. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (15-25). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_2
This chapter presents the background and framework of the book. It defines key terms, concepts and phenomena relating to the discussions in this volume, such as crisis, global...
Why are directors afraid of help?
Journal Article
Ghio, E., & Thomson, D. (in press)
Why are directors afraid of help?. Chicago-Kent Law Review,
Corporate insolvency laws and procedures have changed significantly over the last decades in the UK, especially since the publication of the Cork Report in 1982. The report no...
English Corporate Insolvency Law
Book
Vaccari, E., & Ghio, E. (2022)
English Corporate Insolvency Law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204094.00024
This unique book provides readers with a concise yet rigorous outline of the English corporate insolvency framework as it is practised in domestic and cross-border cases. In d...
Redefining Harmonisation. Lessons from EU Insolvency Law
Book
Ghio, E. (2022)
Redefining Harmonisation. Lessons from EU Insolvency Law. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789903836
Providing a definition of the concept of harmonisation within the context of the European Union, this timely book debunks the idea that EU harmonisation measures are made behi...
The BWILC Lecture: Perspectives on the harmonisation of insolvency law
Presentation / Conference
Ghio, E. (2022, April)
The BWILC Lecture: Perspectives on the harmonisation of insolvency law. Presented at Fourth annual PhD Workshop on European and International Insolvency Law, Leiden University, Netherlands
The EU Preventive Restructuring Framework: in Extra Time?
Journal Article
Gant, J. L., Boon, G., Ehmke, D. C., Ghio, E., Langkjaer, L., Vaccari, E., & Omar, P. J. (2022)
The EU Preventive Restructuring Framework: in Extra Time?. Jogászvilág, 1(2),
In 2019, the EU adopted the Preventive Restructuring Directive to introduce harmonisation enabling viable enterprises and entrepreneurs that are in financial difficulties to h...
Harmonising insolvency law in the EU: New thoughts on old ideas in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Journal Article
Ghio, E., Boon, G., Ehmke, D., Gant, J., Langkjaer, L., & Vaccari, E. (2021)
Harmonising insolvency law in the EU: New thoughts on old ideas in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Insolvency Review, 30(3), 427-459. https://doi.org/10.1002/iir.1432
While the harmonisation of insolvency law in the European Union (EU) has been a top priority on the European institutions’ agenda in the last decade, it is well known that thi...