Floating Charges in Scotland

The definitive text on floating charges by Scotland's leading experts The floating charge is vital to secured transactions in Scotland and plays a key role in access to finance and corporate insolvency. Bringing together leading commentators at the forefront of the topic, this book delivers wide-ranging coverage of the history, theory, practice, and potential reform of the floating charge. It presents diverse approaches, including examining floating charges from 'black letter', socio-legal, law and economics, and comparative perspectives. Key Features: - Covers the history, current law, practice and reform of this important area - Examines floating charges from a wide range of different perspectives, including doctrinal, policy-focused, theoretical and comparative approaches - Contributions from Ross G Anderson, Jennifer L L Gant, George L Gretton, Jonathan Hardman, Alisdair D J MacPherson, Donna McKenzie Skene, Magda Raczynska and Andrew J M Steven - Includes a foreword by Lord Drummond Young Jonathan Hardman is Lecturer in International Commercial Law at the University of Edinburgh Alisdair D J MacPherson is Lecturer in Commercial Law at the University of Aberdeen