Eds. Harry C. Sigman, Eva- Maria Kieninger. There has been a dramatic increase in the recognition of the importance of receivables as a means of raising finance and the role that receivables transactions play in national economies - whether as a source of finance for small and medium enterprises or in capital markets transactions, and whether in domestic or cross-border transactions. In addition to changes in national laws reflecting this development, the subject has been addressed in the Draft Common Frame of Reference, the Principles of European Contract Law and the Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts, and, on the international level, in the Unidroit Convention on International Factoring, the UN Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade and the Uncitral Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions. Likewise, the private international law rules governing assignments have increasingly become the focus of attention, particularly in the context of Art. 14 of the Rome I Regulation. This book provides an in-depth examination of the key substantive law issues, as well as a detailed examination of the private international law issues, particularly, the third party effects of assignments. Authored by experts on German, French, English, Dutch, Belgian, Spanish and Italian law, the national reports use practical cases to explore the issues and to highlight differences and similarities. A comprehensive introductory chapter by the editors analyzes the issues presented by the case studies, including, by way of comparison and contrast, references to European instruments and the Uniform Commercial Code (U.S.) Article 9, as well as providing a comprehensive study of the private international law issues. The book will assist market participants and their counsel to better understand the rules of their own countries and other countries, will be of great value to academics in the private, comparative and private international law fields and