Since inheriting the mantle of Editor of the International Insolvency Review from the late Professor Ian Fletcher in 2017, I have been fortunate to assist in some of the changes that have underpinned the continuing ambition of the journal and its publishers, Wiley's, to cement that reputation. Professor Fletcher's custodianship of the journal over its first 25 issues saw it go from strength to strength, to the point that it can justly claim to be among the premier insolvency law journals in the world.

Over the past 3 years, journal copy has increased in size, without sacrificing the quality that readers have come to expect. Book reviews are now a regular inclusion in the journal, charting additions to the immense literature that exists in the insolvency law world. Guest editorials have featured contributions from many of the most eminent scholars and practitioners in insolvency, each of whom has been able to put forward their vision of changes to come as well as commentary on current developments. Finally, but not the least of these changes, the journal itself has had a makeover, bringing the way it is presented firmly into the modern age.

This issue is a new venture for the journal, consisting of papers drawn from a common research project inaugurated through discussions by participants at the Household Finance Collaborative Research Network, which occurred at a Law & Society meeting in Toronto in 2018. The papers, on a common theme of developments in consumer insolvency, provide perspectives from 6 different jurisdictions drawn from civil law, common law, and mixed traditions. They offer the rarity of a comparative law perspective of the changes that are occurring across the globe in this subject area.

It is hoped that this special issue will form a template for the publication of further issues derived from conferences, research projects, and common themes explored through cooperation between scholars. In this light, the special issues will supplement the regular issues that continue to feature articles drawn from researchers across the world and will add their own unique contribution to the unrivalled scholarship in insolvency represented in the pages of this journal.

I hope that readers will agree that the changes intervening since Professor Fletcher left us have been in keeping with his hopes for the continued success of the journal. I also hope that the introduction of this special issue, with others hopefully to come, will also be met in the same spirit.

自2017年从已故的伊恩·弗莱彻（Ian Fletcher）教授继承《国际破产评论》编辑的专长以来，我很幸运地协助进行了一些变革，这些变革巩固了该杂志及其出版商（Wiley's）继续雄心壮志以巩固这一声誉。弗莱彻教授在该期刊的前25期中担任托管人，这使它日趋强大，甚至可以说它是世界上主要的破产法期刊之一。

在过去的3年中，期刊副本的规模有所增加，而丝毫不影响读者期望的质量。现在，书评已成为期刊中的常规内容，以图表的形式显示了破产法领域存在的大量文献。来宾社论特意介绍了许多最杰出的破产学者和实践者的贡献，他们每个人都能够提出自己对即将到来的变革的看法以及对当前发展的评论。最后，但并非最不重要的一点是，该期刊本身进行了改头换面，将其牢固地呈现在现代时代。

本期杂志是本期刊的新创刊物，其中包括从共同研究项目中提取的论文，这些研究项目是通过家庭财务合作研究网络的参与者通过讨论而启动的，该研究是在2018年于多伦多举行的法律与社会会议上进行的。消费者无力偿债发展的共同主题，从民法，普通法和混合传统中提炼出六个不同司法管辖区的观点。他们提供了一个比较法律的观点，很少涉及该主题领域全球范围内发生的变化。

希望本期特刊将成为出版进一步模板的模板，这些主题来自会议，研究项目以及通过学者之间的合作探索的共同主题。有鉴于此，本期特刊将补充来自世界各地研究人员的定期专刊，并为本刊各页所代表的无与伦比的破产学研究做出自己的独特贡献。

我希望读者会同意，自弗莱彻教授离开我们以来所发生的变化与他对期刊继续取得成功的希望保持一致。我也希望本着同样的精神，也希望与其他人一起介绍这一特别问题。