Hong Kong commercial law : current issues and developments

Includes bibliographical notes and indexThis book focuses on current issues and developments in eight areas of commercial law: patents, credit card fraud, transnational insolvency, the oversubscription of initial public offerings, the disqualification of company directors, the protection of company creditors, cross- border taxation, and unit trusts. A primary theme of most chapters is the impact of recent and ongoing commercial law reform. Many of the authors discuss recent amendments to Hong Kong's commercial law and proposals of the Law Reform Commission or other bodies. The authors also make their own proposals for improving Hong Kong's legislation and case lawpublished_or_final_versionContributors pxiTable of cases pxvTable of legislation pxxiiiIndex p223Ch.One A patent system for Hong Kong / Wheare, Henry J.H. p5Ch.Two Credit card fraud / Grossman, Clive p31Ch.Three Transnational insolvency law / Booth, Charles D. p55Ch.Four Oversubscription of initial public offerings: success or failure? an analysis of directors' duties when issuing shares / Tokley, I.A. p103Ch.Five Disqualification of company directors / Hague, Caroline p125Ch.Six Legal dysfuncationlism: Hong Kong company law in the 1990s / Carver, Anne p155Ch.Seven Tax aspects of cross-border trade and investment / Vanderwolk, Jefferson P. p181Ch.Eight Asset protection? estate planning? (unit) trust me / Halkyard, Andrew J. p203Introduction / Booth, Charles D. p1Preface / Booth, Charles D. pixForeword / Sherrin, Christopher pvi