Financial law: general

With the growth of the global economy over the past two decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) laws, at both the national and international levels, have undergone rapid development in order to strengthen the protection standards for foreign investors.

Unique in its depth of coverage and currency, Houseman's Law of Life Assurance has established a well-deserved reputation as an authoritative practitioner work on life assurance and is renowned for its practical insight into the workings of the industry.

Competition law is a complex and constantly evolving area of law which affects every aspect of the market economy, including the financial services sector.

Now a volume in the Oxford EU Financial Regulation Series, the second edition of Market Abuse Regulation has been updated to reflect the impact of a number of major developments in legislation and case law following the implementation of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 2005, the world of financial investment has experienced an unprecedented boom followed by a spectacular bust.

presents a very different case: that of a civilized and cultivated cosmopolitan legal scholar, with a keen sense of international commercial and financial practice, with an in-depth grounding in both comparative legal history and comparative law, combined with the ability to transcend conventional English black-letter law description with critical judgment towards institutional wisdom and intellectual fashions.

This book provides a uniquely comparative approach to the examination of financial crime regulation.

The book examines the regulation of insider dealing in the developed jurisdictions, using three of the G7 countries as guides with the aim of knowing how they have regulated insider trading and what lessons can be learnt from their failures and achievements.

Globalisation has opened new avenues to corruption.

Bills of exchange and bankers' documentary credits are the fundamental financial instruments and mechanism of settlement for international trading transactions.

A human rights analysis of international efforts to confiscate wealth in grand corruption cases that focuses on protections for property.

The rapid growth of foreign banks has aroused a growing interest in the academic field and specifically as regards to the question of why foreign banks exist.

Over the past decade in Europe, the number of companies with complex corporate and financing structures has increased to levels unseen at any time in history.

The financial crisis has been blamed on reckless bankers, irrational exuberance, government support of mortgages for the poor, financial deregulation, and expansionary monetary policy.

Entspannt vorsorgen und die gesetzliche Rente aufbessernAngestellte haben den Vorteil, sich auf die gesetzliche Rente verlassen zu können.

Presenting a sweeping analysis of the legal foundations, institutions, and substantive legal issues in EU monetary integration, The EU Law of Economic and Monetary Union serves as an authoritative reference on the legal framework of European economic and monetary union.

This book identifies how artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be used as part of decision processes within international tax and transfer pricing disputes.

The Insurance Act 2015 represents the first major reform of English commercial insurance law for many years.

The global economy is yet to recover from the aftershocks of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

Restitution and Banking Law, written by leading practitioners and commentators, combines their experience in the field of restitution law and banking law to discuss major issues.

This is a new examination of how Shari'a law affects public policy both theoretically and in practice, across a wide range of public policy areas, including for example human rights and family law.

Recent developments in law, public policy, and regulation have ensured that questions regarding the relationship between banks and their customers have seldom been out of the spotlight.

Pension policy in the UK and US is designed on the assumption that people make informed financial decisions, consistently invest in pensions and manage diverse portfolios.

Marine Insurance: Law and Practice, Second Edition, continues to provide the most comprehensive and integrated account of the English law and practice of marine insurance.

This is the long-awaited third edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law.

a wide-ranging, historically and comparatively very deep and comprehensive commentary, but which is also very contemporary and forward-looking on many or most of the issues relevant in modern transnational commercial, contract and financial transactions (International and Comparative Law Quarterly)Volume 6 of this new edition deals with financial regulation of banks and banking activities and products.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the global response to it has led to a major upheaval of the international banking sector.

A clear, concise explanation of United States tax law s international aspects In tackling a sometimes thorny set of laws and treaties, international tax expert Ernest Larkins emphasizes their economic effects, showing how to avoid hazards while reaping rewards which often go ignored.

The Law Relating to International Banking (Second Edition) addresses the key legal issues associated with international banking and capital markets.

This book brings together leading experts in the fields of insurance and the law of obligations to consider how insurance law is attempting to deal with emerging risks.

This book offers contemporary assessment of the challenges facing international investment law and proposes innovative solutions for reform.

Economic crime is a significant feature of the UK's economic landscape and yet despite the government's bold mission statements 'to hold those suspected of financial wrongdoing to account' as part of their 'day of reckoning' and 'serious about white-collar crime' agenda, there is a sense that this is still not being done effectively.

This practical guide offers a useful introduction to reinsurance, taking you step by step through the associated issues you really need to know about.

Analyses personal debt and the over-indebtedness of consumers in the European Union from the multi-disciplinary perspectives of economics, policy, and law.

Open banking ends the proprietary control of customer information by banks and allows customers to share their banking financial data with third parties as a matter of right.

This book brings together experts from different fields and with different jurisdictional focuses to provide fresh ideas and deep insights into crypto regulation.

The Fraud Act 2006 presented a wholesale reform of the pre-existing deception offences under the Theft Act 1968 and Theft Act 1978.

The second edition builds on the excellent reputation earned by the first as a comprehensive and practical work focussing on civil law claims and remedies.

Corporate Finance is an area of law which is obviously of significant practical importance, but the academic analysis of this area of law has also been increasingly recognised.

This book explains how to deal with legal, compliance, and enforcement issues faced by banks and other financial institutions and their legal advisers.

Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book explains the role of private law in governing markets.

This book shows how the Keynesian approach to business cycles can be used to explain and understand the current financial crisis.

The 2008 financial crisis has become one of the defining features of the twenty first century's first decade.

Virtually all large banks and other financial institutions in the UK and internationally are public limited liability companies whose shares are listed on one or several stock exchanges.

The European Union (EU) has emerged as a central actor in financial governance.

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This book covers three topics that have dominated financial market regulation and supervision debates: digital finance, sustainable finance, and the Banking and Capital Markets Union.