Contents: Introduction; Part I Credit and Security Issues: Quasi-security interests: functionalism and the incidents of security, Louise Gullifer; Reform of laws on security interests in Lithuania: convergence of legal concepts, Andrius Smaliukas; Patent grants, signals and commodification: a legal dilemma?, Iwan Davies; The influence of a flexible legal framework upon the development of credit unions in Great Britain: the US and Irish Experience, Nicholas Ryder; The insolvent subsidiary and liability: The US and Argentine experience, Héctor José Miguens. Part II Contractual Issues: The enforcement of commercial expectations in the law of privity and compound interest, Tony Ciro and Vivien Goldwasser; E-commerce: recognizing the context, Elizabeth Macdonald and David Poyton. Part III International Regulation: The evaluation of international money laundering regulation, Anu Arora; Fighting corruption in international trade: towards improving strategy, Indira Carr; Particularly sensitive sea areas and international navigation rights: trends, controversies and emerging issues, Aldo Chircop; Index.