Effective Enforcement of Creditors’ Rights
About this ebook
This book explores and compares how different legal systems approach these issues with a focus on the discovery of debtors’ assets, which is a common problem for enforcement and execution proceedings in almost every jurisdiction. This is the first book to compare enforcement proceedings around the world and presents a variety of information and country reports from leading experts from four continents. It represents the joint work of academic and legal authorities from Germany, Japan, Korea, France, the UK, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Poland, Russia, Greece, North America, Taiwan, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and the EU.
About the author
Masahisa Deguchi, Professor of Civil Procedural Law at Faculty of Law, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto/Japan. He studied at Chuo University and Freiburg University (Germany) and got Master of law (Keio University 1988) and Doctor of law (University of Freiburg 1991) through DAAD-Scholarship. Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Freiburg (1994-1995, 2007), Regensburg (2015) and Colon (2015). JaDe-Preis [Die Stiftung zur Förderung japanisch-deutscher Wissenschafts- und Kulturbeziehungen in Köln] (2002). Verdienstkreuz am Bande des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (2006). Board Member of Notarial Law in Japan (since 2005). Vice President of International Association of Procedural Law (2007-2015) and Honorary Vice-President of International Association of Procedural Law (since 2015). Member of Judicial State Examination in Japan (2012). Vice President of DAAD-Tomonokai, Presidium Member of Freiburg Alumni and Board Member of Alumni Freiburg e.V. (since 2016).
