Floating Charges in Comparative Perspective

Edited by Alisdair MacPherson () and Caroline Sophie Rapatz ()

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Abstract: This edited collection examines floating charges, a special type of security that covers a class of revolving assets, and functional equivalents across the world. The book explores a range of common threads and points of disparity based on expert insights in the field of security rights, with a comparative overview of 40 jurisdictions and chapters examining floating security in selected jurisdictions in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America.

Keywords: Floating Charges; Secured Transactions; Security Rights; Property Law; Corporate Finance Law; Comparative Law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035317134
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Chapters in this book:

Introduction to Floating Charges in Comparative Perspective

Alisdair MacPherson and Caroline Sophie Rapatz

A comparative overview of floating charges and functional equivalents

Alisdair MacPherson and Caroline Sophie Rapatz

Floating charges in England

Andreas Televantos

The evolution of floating charges in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

Chike Emedosi

The decisive influence of publicity on the historical development of continental European floating security rights

Vincent van Hoof

The general hypothecation of movable property in South African law

Reghard Brits

The floating lien in American law: from historical accounts to digital assets

Christopher K. Odinet

The floating charge in Chinese law: following the English model?

Zhicheng Wu and Hao Zhang

The English floating charge and the conceptualisation of a French global security

Muriel Renaudin

Floating security in Québec? Hypothecs on a universality of movable property

Catherine Walsh

Drifting in the currents: floating charges under Romanian law

Radu Rizoiu

The short history of the Hungarian floating security

Tibor Tajti

Floating charges in the Nordic countries

Bjørn Løtveit, Astrid Millung-Christoffersen, Patrik Lindskoug and Teemu Juutilainen

The encumbrance of intermediated securities in Switzerland

Alexandra Dal Molin-Kränzlin

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