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Part 1: General 1. The Topic 2. World insolvency law in ten pages 3. Policies, causes and effect 4. Historical background 5. Comparison of work-outs, judicial rescues and liquidations Part 2: Jurisdictions of the World 6. Indicators of insolvency law 7. Legal families of the world Part 3: Insolvency Topics 8. Entry criteria for insolvency 9. Stays of creditors 10. Management of insolvency proceedings 11 Claims and the bankruptcy ladder of priorities 12 Bankruptcy ladder of priorities: pari passu and subordinated claims 13 Trusts: policies and reception 14. Classification of trusts and functional equivalents 15 Tests for trusts 16. Non-consensual trusts 17. Tracing of property on insolvency 18. Security interests 19. Enforcement of security interests on insolvency 20. Insolvency set-off 21. Contracts and leases 22. Contracts and leases: jurisdiction examples 23 Assets of the estate and forfeitures (anti-deprivation) 24. Avoidance of preferences: Summary and survey 25. Undervalue transactions and payments as preferences 26. Security interests as preferences 27. Preferences: business transfers; financial assistance to buy own shares 28. Preferences: guarantors; attachments; extortionate credit 29. Preferences: suspect periods; defences; recepture; deterrence 30. Director liability: policies and summary 31. Director liability: taxes; fraudulent and wrongful trading 32. Director liability: duties to file 33. Director liability: negligent management and other liabilities 34. Director liability: de facto directors, protections 35. Shareholder liability and groups 36. Lender liability Part 4: Work-Outs and Reorganisations 37. Private restructuring agreements (work-outs) 38. Workouts: standstill and bank support agreements; security 39. Workouts: exchanges; sales; intercreditor 40. Workouts: debt/equity conversions; Newco 41. Judicial reorganisation plans: contents and confirmation 42. English-based corporate schemes of arrangement