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Book SynopsisFoundations for the LPC covers the compulsory foundation areas of the Legal Practice Course as set out in the LPC outcomes: professional conduct, tax and revenue law, and wills and administraion of estates. It also features coverage of human rights.Table of ContentsPart 1: Professional Conduct 1: Ethics, professional conduct and regulation 2: Financial services 3: Money laundering Part 2: Revenue Law 4: An introduction to revenue law 5: Income tax 6: Capital gains tax 7: Inheritance tax 8: Corporation tax 9: Value added tax 10: Taxation of sole proprietors and partnerships 11: Taxation of trusts and settlements Part 3: Wills and Administration of Estates 12: Introduction to wills and administration of estates 13: Entitlement to the estate 14: Application for a grant of representation 15: Post-grant practice Part 4: Human Rights 16: Human rights

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Book SynopsisFoundations for the LPC covers the compulsory foundation areas of the Legal Practice Course as set out in the LPC outcomes: professional conduct, tax and revenue law, and wills and administraion of estates. It also features coverage of human rights.

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Book SynopsisScots Commercial Law brings together expertise from academia and practice. Part I puts the subject in context with chapters on Juristic Persons, General Principles of Contract and General Principles of Property. Part II covers the main subject areas covered in commercial law courses

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Book SynopsisThis is the long-awaited third edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively revised and updated to reflect the profound changes in corporate law and governance practices that have taken place since the previous edition. These include numerous regulatory changes following the financial crisis of 2007-09 and the changing landscape of governance, especially in the US, with the ever more central role of institutional investors as (active) owners of corporations. The geographic scope of the coverage has been broadened to include an important emerging economy, Brazil. In addition, the book now incorporates analysis of the burgeoning use of corporate law to protect the interests of external constituencies without any contractual relationship to a company, in an attempt to tackle broader social and economic problems. The authors start from the premise that corporations (or companies) in all jurisdictions share the same key legal attributes: legal personality, limited liability, delegated management, transferable shares, and investor ownership. Businesses using the corporate form give rise to three basic types of agency problems: those between managers and shareholders as a class; controlling shareholders and minority shareholders; and shareholders as a class and other corporate constituencies, such as corporate creditors and employees. After identifying the common set of legal strategies used to address these agency problems and discussing their interaction with enforcement institutions, The Anatomy of Corporate Law illustrates how a number of core jurisdictions around the world deploy such strategies. In so doing, the book highlights the many commonalities across jurisdictions and reflects on the reasons why they may differ on specific issues. The analysis covers the basic governance structure of the corporation, including the powers of the board of directors and the shareholder meeting, both when management and when a dominant shareholder is in control. It then analyses the role of corporate law in shaping labor relationships, protection of external stakeholders, relationships with creditors, related-party transactions, fundamental corporate actions such as mergers and charter amendments, takeovers, and the regulation of capital markets. The Anatomy of Corporate Law has established itself as the leading book in the field of comparative corporate law. Across the world, students and scholars at various stages in their careers, from undergraduate law students to well-established authorities in the field, routinely consult this book as a starting point for their inquiries.Table of Contents1: John Armour, Henry Hansmann, Reinier Kraakman, and Mariana Pargendler: What is Corporate Law? 2: John Armour, Henry Hansmann, and Reinier Kraakman: Agency Problems and Legal Strategies 3: John Armour, Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, and Reinier Kraakman: The Basic Governance Structure: The Interests of Shareholders as a Class 4: Luca Enriques, Henry Hansmann, Reinier Kraakman, and Mariana Pargendler: The Basic Governance Structure: Minority Shareholders and Non-Shareholder Constituencies 5: John Armour, Gerard Hertig, and Hideki Kanda: Transactions with Creditors 6: Luca Enriques, Gerard Hertig, Hideki Kanda, and Mariana Pargendler: Related-Party Transactions 7: Edward Rock, Paul Davies, Hideki Kanda, Reinier Kraakman, and Wolf-Georg Ringe: Fundamental Changes 8: Paul Davies, Klaus Hopt, and Wolf-Georg Ringe: Control Transactions 9: Luca Enriques, Gerard Hertig, Reinier Kraakman, and Edward Rock: Corporate Law and Securities Markets 10: John Armour, Luca Enriques, Mariana Pargendler, and Wolf-Georg Ringe: Beyond the Anatomy

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Book SynopsisCorporate finance theory seeks to understand how incorporated firms address the financial constraints that affect their investment decisions. This is achieved by using varied financial instruments that seek to give holders different claims on the firm''s assets. Recent scholarship in this area has highlighted the critical importance of the legal environment in explaining the choices that companies make about their capital structure. This book combines company law, capital markets law, and aspects of commercial and insolvency law to give readers a detailed understanding of the legal and regulatory issues relating to corporate finance. Informed by insights from theoretical and empirical work, the book examines from a legal perspective the key elements of corporate financing structures and capital markets in the UK. The authors'' practical experience of transactions and regulatory issues ensures that thorough scholarly inquiry and critical reflection are complemented by an assured underst

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Book SynopsisBusiness Law is one of the most varied, challenging and dynamic areas of law. This book provides clear and practical guidance to trainee solicitors on key areas of business law including company law and corporate governance, corporate transactions, business regulation and commercial contracts. The book is essential reading for trainee solicitors on the Law Society Professional Practice Couse, and is also an excellent resource for practitioners.This 7th edition of Business Law features new chapters on business regulation, commercial contracts, software licence agreements and the formalities for digital contracts and e-signatures. The book has also been updated to reflect recent developments in company law and to cover the Consumer Rights Act 2022 and the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022. Each chapter provides a clear and comprehensive overview of the subject in question and focuses on the key issues that solicitors face in practice, making it an essential reference for both trainees and

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Book SynopsisSince publication of the first edition in 2005, The International Loan Documentation Handbook has been an essential reference for lenders, their advisers and their customers, providing a practical and comprehensive review of the terms of international loan documentation. The book guides the reader, step by step, clause by clause, through the loan agreement, from start to finish. It gives detailed explanations of the purpose and commercial implications of each clause and highlights those clauses which have the biggest commercial impact. For each key clause, the text discusses some common negotiation points from the point of view of both borrower and lender. It also alerts readers to big picture issues: such as scope, flexibility, control, and syndicate democracy, as well as to pitfalls to watch out for, such as uncapitalised definitions, conflicting provisions and the role of Defaults and Events of Default. By explaining the structure and purpose of the various clauses, it equips readers with the tools to review the documents strategically and to navigate easily between the different provisions so as to follow key themes and to spot any commercial implications with ease. This definitive resource on international loan documentation, now in its third edition, provides a practical and comprehensive review of the terms of international loan agreements for bankers and lawyers at all levels of experience involved in international lending. This edition has been substantially expanded and updated to reflect significant changes since the previous edition including Brexit, post LIBOR interest options and the rise of ESG and sustainability linked loans, and includes English law concepts and a glossary of terms.Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 1. Definitions and Interpretation 2. The Facility 3. Utilization 4. Repayment, Prepayment and Cancellation 5. Costs of Utilization 6. Additional Payment Obligations PART II: GUARANTEE, REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT 7. Guarantee 8. Representations, Undertakings, and Events of Default PART III: BOILERPLATE AND SCHEDULES 9. Changes to Parties 10. The Finance Parties 11. Administration 12. Governing Law and Enforcement 13. Schedules

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Book SynopsisHow the City of London Works presents a simple, straightforward explanation of the City, how it works and how it is regulated. Diagrams, maps and illustrations have been included throughout the text to create a clear and readable picture of one of the world's great financial trading centres. The work remains up to date by including the launch of the Euro, the growth of foreign ownership and the further development of City activities in Canary Wharf.Table of ContentsWhat the City does; Banking; Insurance; The Stock Exchange; The Capital Market; The Gilt-edged Market; The Money Market; Foreign Exchange; The Euro and the City; Euro-currencies; The Gold Market; Commodity Markets; Derivatives, Futures, Options#; Baltic Exchange; What the City is; How the City is controlled; Where to learn more about the City; Glossary

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Book SynopsisCorporate law and corporate governance have been at the forefront of regulatory activities across the world for several decades now, and are subject to increasing public attention following the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance provides the global framework necessary to understand the aims and methods of legal research in this field. Written by leading scholars from around the world, the Handbook contains a rich variety of chapters that provide a comparative and functional overview of corporate governance. It opens with the central theoretical approaches and methodologies in corporate law scholarship in Part I, before examining core substantive topics in corporate law, including shareholder rights, takeovers and restructuring, and minority rights in Part II. Part III focuses on new challenges in the field, including conflicts between Western and Asian corporate governance environments, the rise of foreign ownership, and emerging markets. Enforcement issues are covered in Part IV, and Part V takes a broader approach, examining those areas of law and finances that are interwoven with corporate governance, including insolvency, taxation, and securities law as well as financial regulation.Now in paperback, the Handbook is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary resource placing corporate law and governance in its wider context, and is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers in the field.Table of ContentsJeffrey N. Gordon and Wolf-Georg Ringe: Introduction Part l: Theoretical Approaches, Tools, and Methods 1: Ronald J. Gilson: From Corporate Law to Corporate Governance 2: Jeffrey N. Gordon: Convergence and Persistence in Corporate Law and Governance 3: Mark J. Roe and Massimiliano Vatiero: Corporate Governance and Its Political Economy 4: Michael Klausner: The "Corporate Contract" Today 5: Marcel Kahan: The State of State Competition for Incorporations 6: Amir N. Licht: Culture and Law in Corporate Governance 7: Jaap Winter: A Behavioural Perspective on Corporate Law and Corporate Governance 8: Michael Klausner: Empirical Studies in Corporate Law and Governance 9: Allen Ferrell: The Benefits and Costs of Indices in Empirical Corporate Governance Research 10: Mathias M. Siems: Taxonomies and Leximetrics Part II: Substantive Topics 11: Henry Hansmann and Richard Squire: External and Internal Asset Partitioning: Corporations and Their Subsidiaries 12: Stephen M. Bainbridge: The Board of Directors 13: Guido Ferrarini and Cristina Ungureanu: Executive Remuneration 14: Edward Rock: Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance 15: Wolf-Georg Ringe: Shareholder Activism: A Renaissance 16: Mark J. Roe: Corporate Short-Termism 17: Zohar Goshen and Assaf Hamdani: Majority Control and Minority Protection 18: Charles K. Whitehead: Debt and Corporate Governance 19: Lawrence A. Cunningham: Accounting and Financial Reporting: Global Aspirations, Local Realities 20: Luca Enriques: Related Party Transactions 21: Paul Davies: Control Shifts via Share Acquisition Contracts with Shareholders (Takeovers) 22: John C. Coates IV: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring: Types, Regulation, and Patterns of Practice 23: Klaus J. Hopt: Groups of Companies 24: Cynthia A. Williams: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance 25: Holger Fleischer: Comparative Corporate Governance in Closely Held Corporations Part III: New Challenges in Corporate Governance 26: Hideki Kanda: Western versus Asian Corporate Governance Environments: The Role of Enforcement in International Convergence 27: Mariana Pargendler: Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets 28: Curtis J. Milhaupt: The Governance Ecology of China's State-Owned Enterprises 29: Merritt B. Fox: The Rise of Foreign Ownership and Corporate Governance 30: Gerard Hertig: Governance by Institutional Investors in a Stakeholder World 31: Erik Vermeulen: New Metrics for Corporate Governance: Shifting Strategies in an Aging IPO Market Part IV: Enforcement 32: David Kershaw: Corporate Law and Self-Regulation 33: James D. Cox and Randall S. Thomas: The Evolution in the U.S. of Private Enforcement via Litigation and Monitoring Techniques: Are There Lessons for Germany? 34: Howell E. Jackson and Jeffrey Y. Zhang: Private and Public Enforcement of Securities Regulation 35: Amanda M. Rose: Public Enforcement: Criminal versus Civil 36: Joseph A. McCahery and F. Alexander de Roode: Corporate Litigation in Specialized Business Courts 37: Geoffrey Parsons Miller: The Compliance Function: An Overview Part V: Adjacent Areas 38: Horst Eidenmüller: Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law 39: Zoe Adams and Simon Deakin: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations 40: A.C. Pritchard: Corporate Governance, Capital Markets, and Securities Law 41: Jonathan R. Macey and Maureen O'Hara: Vertical and Horizontal Problems in Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance 42: John Armour: Corporate Governance in Banks 43: David M. Schizer: Tax and Corporate Governance: The Influence of Tax on Managerial Agency Costs

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Book SynopsisThis new work provides integrated analysis of and guidance on the Prospectus Regulation 2017, civil liability for a misleading prospectus, and securities litigation in a European context. The prospectus rules are one of the cornerstones of the EU Capital Markets Union and analysis of this aspect of harmonisation, the areas not covered by the rules, and the impact of Brexit, provides valuable reference for all advising and researching this field.The first Part serves as an introduction to the volume with relevant context. Part II discusses the subjects of Prospectus Regulation from both a legal and economic perspective. Each chapter within Part II focuses on a key subject of the new Prospectus Regulation, providing an in-depth analysis of each issue.Part III of the work explains the domestic law on liability for a misleading prospectus, this issue being omitted from the Regulation. The law and practice in each of the key capital markets centres in Europe is analysed, with the UK chapter covering the issues and possible solutions under Brexit. There is full consideration of conflicts of laws issues with reference to the Brussels I regulation, and the Rome I and II Regulations. The influence of the EU Prospectus rules on private law is also addressed.Table of ContentsPart I General Aspects 1: Prof. Danny Busch, Prof Guido Ferrarini and Prof. Jan Paul Franx: Introduction 2: Han Teerink: The IPO- and listing process in practice; multiple listings; developments in the IPO-market 3: Prof. Stefano Lombardo: Stabilization and underpricing in IPOs 4: Marieke Driessen: The Prospectus Regulation and other EU legislation - the wider context for prospectuses 5: Prof. Henri Hu: The U.S. Disclosure Paradigm: conventional understandings and modern divergences PART II: PROSPECTUS REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129 6: Prof. Guido Ferrarini & Prof. Paolo Giudici: Transferable securities and the scope of the Prospectus Regulation: The Case of ICOs 7: Prof. Kitty Lieverse: The obligation to publish a prospectus and exemptions 8: Prof. Giovanni Strampelli: The contents of the prospectus: rules for financial information 9: Prof. Victor de Seriere: The contents of the prospectus: non-financial information and materiality 10: Prof. Andrea Perrone: "Light" disclosure regimes: SME's; problems of SME financing in the EU 11: Pim Horsten: "Light" disclosure regimes: secondary issuances 12: Robert ten Have: Prospectus summary and risk factors 13: Dorothee Fischer-Appelt: Prospectus formats and shelf registration 14: Gerard Kastelein & Tom Reutelingsperger: Advertisements 15: Paola Leocani: Omission of information, incorporation by reference, publication and language of the prospectus 16: Prof. Carmine DiNoia & Dr. Matteo Gargantini: Competent authorities, approval of prospectus, notification and sanctions 17: Simon Gleeson: Third countries (including Brexit) PART III: PROSPECTUS LIABILITY 18: Prof. Danny Busch: The influence of the EU Prospectus rules on private law 19: Dr. Matteo Gargantini: Competent Courts of Jurisdiction and Applicable Law 20: Prof. Sebastian Mock: Germany 21: Prof. Dr. Thierry Bonneau: France 22: Prof. Paolo Giudici: Italy 23: Javier Redonet Sánchez del Campo: Spain 24: Prof. Jan Paul Franx: The Netherlands 25: Veronique Hoffeld: Luxembourg 26: Prof. Gerard McMeel: United Kingdom

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an exploration of a wide range of issues in law, regulation and legal rights in the sectors of information protection, the creative economy and business activities following COVID-19. The debilitative effect of the global pandemic on information protection and creative and business activities is powerful, widespread and deeply influential, bringing a range of uncertainties to these sectors. The effects of the crisis challenge the fundamentals of the legal systems of most countries in their attempt to govern them. Written by international academics from a diversified background of law disciplines and legal systems, this book offers a global vision in exploring the wide range of legal issues caused by the COVID-19 crisis in these fields. The book is organised into three clear thematic parts: Part I looks at information protection and intellectual property rights and strategies; Part II examines contracts, cooperation and mediation in the post-COVID-19 market Table of Contents The Pandemic Crisis and its Global Legal Impact on Information Protection, Creative Economy, and Business Activities Part I Information Protection and Intellectual Property Rights and Strategies Mapping the Legal Landscape of Information Law in Times of Crisis Fashion After COVID-19: Virtually the Same but Different Broken Copyright in the Pandemic Crisis – Rethinking Public Interest in China Part II Contracts and Mediation in the Post-COVID-19 Market Arena The Global Impact (Both Challenges and Opportunities) of COVID-19 on Rights and Justice Mediation as a Key Conflict Resolution System to Address the Increase in Litigation as a Result of COVID-19 Part III Corporate Governance and Employment Rights Increased Employees’ Engagement Power at the Time of Crisis Dangerous Circumstances, Discipline and Dismissal: Some Employment Law Impacts of COVID-19 Labour Force, Suspended Rights and Entrepreneurs’ Disruption of Activities Part IV Conclusion Reflections on COVID-19

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Book SynopsisThe global financial crisis that started in 2007 sparked several academic debates about the role that financial sector regulators played in the crisis and prompted policy reforms in the financial supervision architectures of several countries. This book focuses on the question of what accountability, independence, transparency and, more generally, governance mechanisms applicable to financial regulators can better contribute to building responsive, responsible and effective regulatory and supervisory frameworks that tackle the weaknesses of the pre-crisis regimes. It re-visits the concepts of accountability and independence of financial regulators as well as the main economic theories underlying financial services policy-making, in light of the crisis experience. In addition, it critically examines the post-crisis institutional frameworks of financial regulation and supervision in the EU, the US and Canada with a view to assessing whether the financial regulators of the post-global financial crisis era are well suited to effectively address the challenges and threats that global financial markets pose to the stability, integrity and good functioning of financial systems as well as to the protection of consumers, investors and society at large.Table of ContentsCONTENTSPreface and acknowledgements Foreword List of contributors Responsive-and-responsible financial regulation in the aftermath of the global financial crisisPablo Iglesias-Rodriguez 1. Introduction 2. Responsive-and-responsible financial regulators 2.1. The dimensions of responsive-and-responsible financial regulation and the pre-crisis failures of financial regulators 2.1.1. The pursuing of the statutory mandates of financial regulation and supervision 2.1.2. The unbiased pursuing of the interests of stakeholders within the financial realm 2.1.3. The pursuing of social returns 3. The role of accountability in responsive-and-responsible financial regulation 4. Contents and structure of the book Part I. THE CONTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY, INDEPENDENCE AND ECONOMIC THEORY TO RESPONSIVE-AND-RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL REGULATIONFinancial institutions and accountability mechanismsRosa Maria Lastra 1. Introduction 2. Accountability, legitimacy and transparency 3. Political and technical accountability 4. Monetary and supervisory independence and accountability 5. Concluding observations Central bank governance, society and politicians: the tale of independenceDonato Masciandaro 1. Introduction 2. Designing the central bank governance and the role of independence: insights from the economic literature 3. Citizens, politicians and the design of the central bank independence: the theoretical framework 4. The central bank independence before and after the crisis: ups and downs 5. Conclusion The ultrarational illusion of finance. Economics and policymakingXose Carlos Arias and Anton Costas 1. Introduction 2. When a theory is more than an argument: the efficient market hypothesis 3. From theory to an entire belief system 4. The EMH in the wake of the storm: a shift in paradigm? 5. Conclusions Part II. POST-CRISIS ARCHITECTURES OF FINANCIAL REGULATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA: ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS AND RESPONSIBILITYPart II.1. THE EUROPEAN UNIONGoverning financial market regulation: a cascade from intergovernmental bank resolution, to prudential regulation, to conduct regulationNicholas Dorn 1. Scope and introduction 2. Comparative perspectives: market conduct regulation 3. Heads of prudential agencies: appointment the norm 4. Intergovernmentality: new lynchpin for banking regulation 5. National parliaments: democracy or dispersal 6. Conundrums of the new political architecture 7. Acknowledgements The European Securities and Markets Authority: accountability towards EU institutions and stakeholdersCarmine Di Noia and Matteo Gargantini 1. Introduction 2. The creation of ESMA 3. Independence and accountability of financial regulators: an overview 4. ESMA accountability: governance and procedures 4.1. The governance of ESMA 4.1.1. The governing bodies of the authority 4.1.2. The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group 4.2. The performance of regulatory and supervisory functions 4.2.1. The regulatory powers of ESMA 4.2.1.1. The reformed regulatory architecture 4.2.1.2. Strengthening regulatory harmonisation. The new quasi-rulemaking powers 4.2.1.3. The role of the Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group 4.2.2. The supervisory powers of ESMA 4.2.2.1. Cross-sectoral supervisory powers: addressing national competent authorities and market participants 4.2.2.2. ESMA as a single EU supervisor: the case of credit rating agencies 5. Evaluating the regulatory and supervisory architecture: some reform proposals 5.1. In the shadow - or in the light? - of Meroni and Romano. The institutional tensions framing the powers of ESMA 5.2. Evaluation of efficiency. Rulemaking 5.2.1. Reform proposals for rulemaking functions: centralization vs. monopolization 5.2.2. Feasibility according to the Meroni doctrine and the EU Treaties 5.3. Evaluation of efficiency. Supervision 5.3.1. Reform proposals for supervisory functions: integration vs. uniformity The role of civil society in EU financial regulationGuillaume Prache 1. Introduction: a crucial and outstanding issue for the European economy and democracy 2. The current representation of financial services users and of the civil society at large 2.1. The creation of Better Finance (the European Federation of Financial Services Users) in 2009 2.2. The creation of Finance Watch in 2011 3. Competencies are not the main issue for a balanced role between the financial sector and civil society 3.1. 'Level one' EU authorities 3.2. 'Level two' EU authorities 4. Resources: one of the key unfulfilled requirements identified by the EC since 2009 4.1. Emerging support for European civil society organisations involved in financial services policy 4.2. Improved support to individual user experts in 'level one' European authorities 4.3. Inadequate support to user experts in 'level two' European authorities 5. No equal access to the European authorities 5.1. No or unbalanced representation in EU consultative bodies 5.2. The governance of EU authorities 5.3. The events organised by the international public financial authorities 5.4. The participation of EU politicians and executives to outside initiatives and events 5.5. The meetings of EU officials with third parties 6. Conclusion: time for change Part II.2. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAFinancial stability rearticulated: institutional reform, post-crisis governance and the new regulatory landscape in the United StatesDavid S. Bieri 1. Overview 2. The quest for financial stability 3. The institutional arrangements of U.S. financial regulation 3.1. Micro-prudential entities 3.2. Macro-prudential framework 4. The CFPB as a post-crisis response 4.1. Institutional focus and policy mandate4.2. Financial stability as a public good 4.3. Regulatory governance and the accountability challenge 4.3.1. Global governance 4.3.2. National accountability 5. Regulatory lessons from the recent financial crisis The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority: not self-regulation after allHester Peirce 1. The emergence of FINRA 2. FINRA's functions 3. FINRA's accountability structure 4. FINRA's comparative lack of accountability 5. FINRA's regulatory aspirations 6. Conclusion Part II.3. CANADAWhy opacity is just not good enough: the effectiveness and accountability of Canada's Office of the Superintendent of Financial InstitutionsIan Roberge and Dona M. Dunea 1. The effectiveness and accountability of financial services sector regulators 1.1. Effectiveness 1.2. Accountability 2. Canada 2.1. Effectiveness 2.2. Accountability 3. Key lessons

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how cloud-based services challenge the current application of antitrust and privacy laws in the EU and the US. The author looks at the elements of data centers, the way information is organized, and how antitrust, competition and privacy laws in the US and the EU regulate cloud-based services and their market practices. She discusses how platform interoperability can be a driver of incremental innovation and the consequences of not promoting radical innovation. She evaluates applications of predictive analysis based on big data as well as deriving privacy-invasive conduct. She looks at the way antitrust and privacy laws approach consumer protection and how lawmakers can reach more balanced outcomes by understanding the technical background of cloud-based services.Table of ContentsCloud computing, antitrust and competition law – Cloud computing, privacy and data protection law – Cloud architecture – Big data – Cyber security – Cyber foreign policy – Certifications for cloud service providers – Interoperability and innovation.

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Book SynopsisArgues that financial governance is made not just through top-down laws and policies but also through the daily use of mundane legal techniques such as collateral by a variety of secondary agents, from legal technicians and retail investors to financiers and academics and even computerized trading programs.Trade Review"Collateral Knowledge is a complex, clever, stimulating, and ambitious text on an important topic. Annelise Riles upends current debates about regulation and deregulation, private vs. public interest, and financial globalization by calling our attention to the unobtrusive, yet pervasive technical devices that private actors use to do their business. A real blockbuster." (Bruce Carruthers, Northwestern University)"

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Book SynopsisEffectively implement comprehensive anti-money laundering regulations Handbook of Anti-Money Laundering details the most up-to-date regulations and provides practical guidance toward implementation. While most books focus on the regulations themselves, this useful guide goes further by explaining their meaning to bank operations, and how the rules apply to real-life scenarios. The international perspective provides a broader understanding of the anti-money laundering controls that are in place worldwide, with certain country-specific details discussed in-depth. Coverage includes the Wolfsberg Principles, Financial Action Task Force guidance, the U.S. Patriot Act, and the latest from both the EU and Bank for International Settlements. The IMF estimates that two to five per cent of the global GDP $590 billion to $1.5 trillion is laundered every year. Globally, banks and other financial institutions have been required to put in place specific arrangements to preTrade Review“… a must-have for banking employees involved in compliance / other ML activities" (Financial Expert, May 2015)Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 What is Money Laundering? 5 2 The Process of Money Laundering 15 3 International Money-laundering Regulation – The Role of the Financial Action Task Force 21 4 The EC Money Laundering Directives 59 5 UN Resolutions 79 6 The UK Regulatory Framework 83 7 How Money-laundering-deterrence Regulations are Applied in the UK – The Joint Money Laundering Steering Group 93 8 The Wolfsberg Principles 111 9 The US Regulatory Framework 127 10 Financial Sanctions 139 11 Risk Management and Money-laundering Deterrence 149 12 The Role of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer 159 13 Know Your Customer 169 14 Money Laundering Training 181 15 Retail Customer Identification 189 16 Corporate Customer Identification 199 17 Politically Exposed Persons 207 18 Non-face-to-face Customers 217 19 Suspicious Conduct and Transactions 225 20 Unusual Transactions 235 21 Investigating Suspicions 241 22 Ongoing Monitoring 253 23 Tipping Off 261 24 Correspondent Banking 265 25 Record-keeping 271 26 Money-laundering-deterrence Software 277 27 Country Profiles 285 27.1 Country Profile: Albania 286 27.2 Country Profile: Argentina 298 27.3 Country Profile: Australia 308 27.4 Country Profile: Bahamas 322 27.5 Country Profile: Barbados 335 27.6 Country Profile: Brazil 348 27.7 Country Profile: British Virgin Islands 355 27.8 Country Profile: Canada 367 27.9 Country Profile: Cayman Islands 384 27.10 Country Profile: China 396 27.11 Country Profile: Denmark 405 27.12 Country Profile: Finland 416 27.13 Country Profile: France 428 27.14 Country Profile: Germany 436 27.15 Country Profile: Guernsey 443 27.16 Country Profile: Hong Kong 458 27.17 Country Profile: India 473 27.18 Country Profile: Isle of Man 484 27.19 Country Profile: Japan 496 27.20 Country Profile: Jersey 503 27.21 Country Profile: Kenya 516 27.22 Country Profile: Liechtenstein 529 27.23 Country Profile: Malaysia 539 27.24 Country Profile: Mexico 552 27.25 Country Profile: Monaco 563 27.26 Country Profile: Morocco 575 27.27 Country Profile: Nigeria 584 27.28 Country Profile: Poland 593 27.29 Country Profile: Russia 604 27.30 Country Profile: Singapore 615 27.31 Country Profile: South Africa 625 27.32 Country Profile: South Korea (“Republic of Korea”) 638 27.33 Country Profile: Switzerland 651 27.34 Country Profile: UAE 663 27.35 Country Profile: Ukraine 677 27.36 Country Profile: United States of America 687 27.37 Country Profile: Vietnam 700 Appendix: Transparency International 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index 713 Index 719

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Book SynopsisA concise explanation of United States tax law's international aspects. This book also contains various useful tools which allow readers to build understanding through practice, as well as formulate and solve the complex problems international taxes can present.Table of ContentsPreface. PART ONE: Generic Topics. CHAPTER 1: Policy and Overview. International Tax Policy. Entity Selection. Generic Topics. Inbound Transactions. Outbound Transactions. Related Person Transactions. CHAPTER 2: Jurisdiction to Tax. Tale of Two Systems. U.S. Jurisdiction. Double Taxation. CHAPTER 3: Income Tax Treaties. Treaty Creation and Authority. Treaty Scope. Personal Service Income. Business Profit. Investment Income. Gain from Dispositions. Special Clauses. CHAPTER 4: Source of Income. Fundamental Importance. General Source Rules. Interest Income. Dividend Income. Personal Service Income. Rent and Royalty Income. Gain from Selling Property. Other Source Rules. CHAPTER 5: Allocation and Apportionment. Allocation to Classes. Apportionment to Groupings. Interest Deductions. Research and Experimental Deductions. Other Deductions. PART TWO: Inbound Transactions. CHAPTER 6: Foreign Persons. Residency Tests. Counting Days. Dual Status Aliens. Important Elections. CHAPTER 7: Nonbusiness Income. Fixed or Determinable, Annual or Periodical Income. Marginal Tax Rates. Nonbusiness Exemptions. Interest Stripping. CHAPTER 8: Business Income. U.S. Trade or Business. Effectively Connected Income. Business Exemptions. Income Tax Calculations. CHAPTER 9: Real Property Gains. U.S. Real Property Interests. U.S. Real Property Holding Corporations. Withholding Procedures. Structures for Holding U.S. Real Estate. CHAPTER 10: Branch Taxes. Branch Profits Tax. Marginal Tax Rates. Branch Interest Tax. PART THREE: Outbound Transactions. CHAPTER 11: Foreign Tax Credit. Creditable Taxes. Deemed Paid Taxes. Limitation Formula. Tax-Sparing Credit. CHAPTER 12: Controlled Foreign Corporations. CFCs and U.S. Shareholders. Subpart F Income. Earnings Invested in U.S. Property. Constructive Dividends. CHAPTER 13: Other Antideferral Provisions. Passive Foreign Investment Companies. Qualified Electing Funds. Foreign Personal Holding Companies. CHAPTER 14: Export Incentives. Extraterritorial Income Exclusion. Domestic International Sales Corporations. CHAPTER 15: U.S. Individuals Abroad. Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. Income Sourced in U.S. Possessions. Social Security Concerns. PART FOUR: Related Person Transactions. CHAPTER 16: Transfer Prices. General Principles. Loan of Funds. Performance of Services. Rental of Tangible Property. Sale or License of Intangible Property. Sale of Tangible Property. Valuation Misstatements. Advance Pricing Agreements. CHAPTER 17: Asset Transfers. Outbound Asset Transfers. Inbound Asset Transfers. External Asset Transfers. Glossary. Table of Statutes. Table of Regulations. Table of Cases. Table of Rulings. Index.

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Book SynopsisAll companies that import or export product to an affiliate company are subject to transfer pricing - the sale, license, or lease of a product from one affiliated company to another. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the various transfer pricing methods that are available to today's company.Table of ContentsPreface. PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING TRANSFER PRICING. Chapter 1. Practical Aspects of Transfer Pricing. Chapter 2. Business Facets of Transfer Pricing. Chapter 3. General Principles and Guidelines. Chapter 4. Transfer Pricing Basics. PART TWO: APPLYING SPECIFIC TRANSFER TECHNIQUES. Chapter 5. Comparable Uncontrolled Price Method, Resale Price Method, and Cost-Plus Method. Chapter 6. Comparable Profits Method. Chapter 7. Comparable Uncontrolled Transaction Method for Intangibles. Chapter 8. Transfer Pricing for Services. Chapter 9. Cost Sharing. Chapter 10. Profit Methods. PART THREE: FOCUS ON INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER PRICING ISSUES. Chapter 11. Foreign-Owned U.S. Corporations Reporting. Chapter 12. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Guidelines. Chapter 13. Transactional Net Margin Method. PART FOUR: AVOIDING TRANSFER PRICING PENALTIES. Chapter 14. Transfer Pricing Penalties. Chapter 15. Transfer Pricing Penalty Exclusion for Contemporaneous Documentation. PART FIVE: ADVANCED TRANSFER PRICING ISSUES. Chapter 16. Advanced Transfer Pricing. Chapter 17. Unfolding Transfer Pricing Issues. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this intellectual, legal, and political history of financial globalization, Abdelal argues that European policy makers promoted the liberal rules that compose the international financial architecture, while U.S. policy makers have tended to embrace unilateral, ad hoc globalization.Trade ReviewIn this era of globalisation, Rawi Abdelal's analysis of the foundations of global financial markets is a valuable contribution towards advancing the cause of global governance. -- Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade OrganisationThis book addresses one of the most significant shifts in the organization of the international economy--the lowering of national border level controls to the entry and exit of capital--and explains how and why states renounced this powerful lever of national control over their economies. In place of the standard explanations, Abdelal develops a sociological argument about the construction of norms and their spread across institutions. Beautifully and engagingly written with brio and clarity, Capital Rules is a brilliant work that will become a mainstay of political economy literatures. -- Suzanne Berger, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyDrawing on extensive documentary evidence, as well as dozens of interviews with high-level finance officials and midlevels bureaucrats, [Abdelal] tells a fascinating (and largely unknown) tale: how a clutch of French socialists helped to upend economic orthodoxy and lead the charge for lifting restrictions on capital flows within Europe and throughout the world...The book is a mix of accessible political history and counterintuitive insight, bringing to our attention one of the most important, and least appreciated, developments in the postwar global economy. -- Matthew Rees * Wall Street Journal *Brilliant and authoritative...Abdelal's book is the definitive account of the politics of global financial deregulation--and its increasingly disastrous consequences...This book deserves the widest general audience of serious people. -- Robert Kuttner * American Prospect *Capital Rules is an engaging description of the history behind changes in capital flow doctrine...Abdelal...accomplishes an excellent and quite thorough treatment of the subject matter. -- Ikee Gardner * Journal of Economic Issues *Offer[s] original insights into the politics of international financial regulation. -- Tim Büthe * Review of International Organizations *Rawi Abdelal supplies a valuable historical perspective. He explains that the liberalization of capital markets emerged not from a conspiracy of global financiers or the hegemony of Wall Street, but from a turn towards liberal economics by the French Socialists under François Mitterrand. -- Robert Howse * Harvard Law Review *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Orthodoxy and Heresy 2. The Rules of Global Finance: Causes and Consequences 3. Capital Ruled: Embedded Liberalism and the Regulation of Finance 4. The Paris Consensus: European Unification and the Freedom of Capital 5. Privilege and Obligation: The OECD and Its Code of Liberalization 6. Freedom and Its Risks: The IMF and the Capital Account 7. A Common Language of Risk: Credit Rating Agencies and Sovereigns 8. The Rebirth of Doubt 9. Conclusion Appendix: List of Archives and Interviewees Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of the first and only concise introduction to American business insolvency law, this volume provides a succinct overview of American business bankruptcy as it is actually practiced, integrating the law as written and implemented, and now includes coverage of the Small Business Reorganization Act.Trade Review‘The author’s second edition of his primer on American Business Bankruptcy provides a concise and accessible description of the key chapters of the US Bankruptcy Code. This book would be quite useful to students of insolvency law and indeed anyone who wishes to develop a working knowledge of the key aspects of the American insolvency framework. It is direct and clear, while also providing enough depth and discussion that it would also be useful from a comparative perspective. It is a very practical synthesis which, in the second edition, integrates the recent Small Business Reorganisation Act.’ -- Jennifer L.L. Gant, eurofenix‘Stephen Lubben has provided the go-to overview of the American business bankruptcy system. American Business Bankruptcy is the ideal book for anyone looking to understand the overall design of business restructuring in the United States.’ -- Adam Levitin, Georgetown University Law Center, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I BUSINESS BANKRUPTCY BASICS 1. Some historical context 2. The central core of business bankruptcy – section 109 PART II ELEMENTS COMMON TO ALL BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES 3. The estate and the automatic stay 4. Creditors’ claims against the estate 5. Executory contracts and unexpired leases 6. The avoidance powers PART III LIQUIDATION UNDER CHAPTER 7. An introduction to chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code 8. The chapter 7 trustee 9. Distributing the chapter 7 estate 10. Special chapter 7 cases PART IV REORGANIZATION UNDER CHAPTER 11 11. An introduction to chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code 12. Stabilizing the debtor’s business in chapter 11 13. Committees 14. Professionals 15. The plan – formulation and voting 16. The plan – confirmation (consensual) 17. The plan – confirmation (cramdown) 18. 363 sales 19. Prepacks 20. The effects of plan confirmation 21. Small businesses in chapter 11 PART V TRANSNATIONAL BUSINESS BANKRUPTCY UNDER CHAPTER 22. An introduction to chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides a detailed analysis of the regulatory landscape of energy derivatives trading in the EU. Liebrich Hiemstra argues that current supervision of the sector is too opaque and identifies how more effective legal remedies can be created to safeguard important legal values.Trade Review‘This book provides a very valuable contribution to the literature on good governance relating to the supervision of derivatives trading in the energy sector. The relevant European principles and rules are carefully discussed and analysed within the very complicated multilateral and multi stakeholder context of this field of EU regulation. The book provides clear recommendations and suggestions for enhancing the regulation and supervision of energy derivatives trading and the enforcement activities of ACER and the cooperation with the national authorities. The book is invaluable for those who are working in practice and in academia on the financial aspects of the energy market.’ -- Saskia Lavrijssen, Tilburg University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. EU supervision of Energy Derivative Trading: an introduction 2. Energy derivatives and their playing field 3. REMIT: the regulatory paradigm 4. Effectiveness of fragmented supervision and information sharing 5. Information sharing in light of legality and judicial protection 6. Professional secrecy of supervisory authorities: no longer sacred? 7. Energy Derivative Trading: conclusions and recommendations. References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Professor Markham brings his expertise on existing banking, securities, and derivatives law to explain why each is ill-suited to optimally regulate the issuance and secondary trading of assets via blockchain technology. In so doing, he lays out a path forward that better balances competing interests in protecting the public and allowing innovation.’ -- Kevin Haeberle, University of California Irvine School of Law, US‘Because they don’t fit neatly into pre-existing legal paradigms, cryptocurrencies continue to vex lawmakers, financial regulators, dealers, and investors. Luckily, Jerry Markham has a unique blend of deep expertise in banking, commodities, and securities markets and he brings all three to bear in Cryptocurrency Regulation: A Primer. The book fills an important gap because it comprehensively examines the extent to which cryptocurrencies are, for legal purposes, money, securities, commodities, or some other kind of digital claim. As a result, this is the best scholarly resource available about the financial, legal, and regulatory issues raised by cryptocurrencies. By crystalizing these debates, the book also helps to advance a nuanced understanding of these products as they continue to evolve. Though styled as a “primer,” the book is also an excellent financial history of cryptocurrencies, a treatise on the relevant legal doctrine, and a critical assessment of alternative regulatory approaches for these products, virtues that will make it a classic in the field.’ -- Jose Gabilondo, Florida International University, US‘Readers of Markham’s primer will be able to confidently enter into the debate about how and why cryptocurrencies should be regulated. Markham leaves no stone unturned in explaining the often paradoxical, contradictory, and enigmatic statutory and regulatory framework that is asked to govern cryptocurrencies.’ -- Christian Johnson, Widener University Commonwealth Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Cryptocurrency Regulation 1. The invention and role of cryptocurrencies 2. Regulating cryptocurrencies under banking laws 3. Regulating cryptocurrencies under the federal securities laws 4. CFTC Regulation of cryptocurrencies as “commodities” 5. Constructing a regulatory structure for cryptocurrencies Conclusions on Cryptocurrency Regulation Selected bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCorporate Finance for Lawyers explores the intricate relationship between law and corporate finance. Utilising the ‘Financial Mindmap’ throughout, chapters depict financial concepts by using colours and visualisations in a clear and intuitive manner.Trade Review‘Using an easy to follow financial tool the authors explain how key elements of corporate finance including leverage finance, company valuations, secured lending and non-interest bearing finance work and interrelate, how returns are achieved and what terms like enterprise value and working capital really mean. They do so in an innovative way drawing together finance theory and the reality of practice to produce what is likely to be a key foundation text not just for corporate lawyers but all those working in the world of M&A and finance.’ -- Chris Hale, Chair Emeritus, Private Equity and Financial Sponsors‘This work presents a great utility in how it addresses issues affecting businesses from legal, economic, financial and accounting perspectives from the moment of setting up to when a business experiences financial difficulties. The treatment is holistic, the materials from impeccable sources and the arguments firmly grounded in the authors' many years of experience. Without doubt, it is an important and timely text.’ -- Paul Omar, De Montfort Leicester Law School, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to law and corporate finance Rolef de Weijs 2. Does leverage create value? Rolef de Weijs 3. Corporate finance and company valuation: why cash became king Joost de Vries and Rolef de Weijs 4. Discounted cash flow valuation and indirect cash flow analyses: retracing the cash Joost de Vries 5. Secured credit and its use: distinguishing between productive and non-productive credit Rolef de Weijs 6 Hybrid finance by means of shareholder loans Rolef de Weijs 7. Financing through shareholder guarantees Aart Jonkers 8 Reorganisation procedures Aart Jonkers and Rolef de Weijs Index

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Book SynopsisPosits that the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the global macroeconomic catastrophe it spawned, is traceable to a gross failure of law. This book ensures that economic opportunity isn't limited to a small group of elites that enjoy growth at the expense of many, particularly those in vulnerable economic situations.Trade Review"Capitalism and the profit motive can stimulate human productivity and innovation. But they can also lead to corruption, shady politics, and self-dealing. This brilliant book shows how intelligently designed laws and lawsuits can facilitate the former and discourage the latter. . . . Steven Ramirez is the new Andrew Hacker. He wields statistics, numbers, and concepts like a scalpel." -- Richard Delgado,co-author of Critical Race Theory"Ramirez catalogues the many ills and failures in the American economic system, casting a broad net that implicates governing institutions, political and corporate elites, and their policy agendas. He provides a valuable contribution to discussions on reforming capitalism and restoring the foundations of middle class prosperity through a renewed commitment to transparency, economic democracy, and the rule of law." -- Timothy A. Canova,Nova Southeastern University""Professor Steven Ramirez's Lawless Capitalism is a tour de force. The pages are virtually crackling with urgency and deeply considered alternatives to the wayward capitalism currently practiced in the United States. Ramirez, in his critical contribution to the ongoing debate in connection with free markets and governmental regulation, envisions a new and different kind of capitalism. Ramirez's capitalism respects individual potential and human capital, considers equality and fairness, and promotes the abilities of all people, rather than focusing on deeper entrenchment of the elite. Lawless Capitalism meticulously weaves the best thinking of dozens of economists, law professors, sociologists and philosophers into a new conceptualization of an economic rule of law, one that Ramirez fully develops, that offers a better economic way for our nation and the world. Lawless Capitalism is an important book, representing a powerful new voice that literally demands to be heard. " -- Andre Douglas Pond Cummings,Indiana Tech Law School"[The book] explores the role of corrupted law and regulation in the financial crisis of 2007-09 and its ongoing macroeconomic consequences. [It] presents a legal framework that comprehends the links between law and macroeconomic growth." * Journal of Economic Literature *"Unlike some articles on the crisis, Ramirez takes great pains to show that racism pervades out economy and political system, and that this fundamentally helped to create the financial meltdown. He begins with an examination of the untapped human potential, explains how the system is stacked against people of color, and reveals that people of color were the victims of the very subprime mortgages that elites bundled into securities and sold to unwitting investors around the world." * Law Library Journal *"Thoughtful, well-constructed volume." * Choice *"The main value of this book lies in the fact that it 'articulates a legal framework that comprehends the link between law and macroeconomic stability and growth.'" * BIZ INDIA *Table of ContentsA Revolution in Economics (but Not in Law)2. The Corrupted Corporation 3. Animal Spirits and Financial Regulation 4. Rigged Globalization 5. The Costs of Economic Oppression 6. The Crisis in Crisis Management 7. The Potential for an Economic Rule of Law Epilogue: Optimized Legal Infrastructure and the End of Scarcity

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Book SynopsisThis book is a detailed study of the debtor-creditor relationship, with particular attention to the position of the unsecured creditor. It deals with this relationship from the viewpoint of the remedies available to the creditor, the more positive aspect of the relationship: apart from the statutory device of bankruptcy, debtors’ rights are almost entirely negative in character . In general it is only the creditors who have rights; debtors have the corresponding responsibilities. In these times of "credit-existence" this account is an important source of information for those in the field of law, economy, politics, and business.

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Book SynopsisDeveloped over a period of some six years by teachers of the subject at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, this book provides the first comprehensive and integrated teaching tool for the very basic field of debtor and creditor relations. The carefully designed text considers first the nature of the credit market and the setting in which debtor-creditor relations are formed. It proceeds to examine self-help collection, execution, garnishment, reviewable transactions, and bankruptcy. Other sections consider the rights of various special creditors (including government creditors and mechanics’ lien claimants), and proposals for comprehensive reform of the debt collection process. The authors attempt to deal with law from a national perspective. While considering in detail the statutory provisions relevant to debtor-creditor relations in Ontario, they also treat significant legislation of other provinces and examine the suitability of differing respo

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Book SynopsisWritten by exceptionally experienced practitioners in the field of finance, this enormously expert work is the ultimate answer to all questions anybody could ask about the law of financial collateral in England and Scotland, a stupendous achievement.'- Philip R. Wood, CBE, QC (Hon), Special Global Counsel, Allen & Overy LLP, London, UKAs the volume of transactions in European financial markets continues to grow, the use of financial collateral, be it in the form of cash, shares, bonds or credit claims, has become a critical tool in supporting and managing risk in financial transactions.This book is the first of its kind to offer a systematic examination of the whole law relating to financial collateral. It does so in two parts. First, it explains the law created by the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No 2) Regulations 2003, the Directive it implemented and related legislation. Second, it examines how financial collateral is used in practice in a range of different markets. It will be an essential reference point for all legal practitioners operating in financial markets.Key features:- Analytical rigour combined with insight into how financial collateral works in practice, covering both English and Scots law- Valuable discussion of control and possession tests, right of use, remedy of appropriation, close-out netting and impact of 'bail-in'- Explains use of financial collateral in the derivatives market, clearing houses, direct and indirect securities holding systems and use of repos, securities lending and prime brokerage- Highlights key issues on regulatory treatment and conflicts of laws- Discusses direction of future law reform- Written by leading experts in the field.Trade Review‘Written by exceptionally experienced practitioners in the field of finance, this enormously expert work is the ultimate answer to all questions anybody could ask about the law of financial collateral in England and Scotland, a stupendous achievement.’ -- Philip R. Wood, CBE, QC (Hon), Special Global Counsel, Allen & Overy LLP, London, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I FINANCIAL COLLATERAL DIRECTIVE AND UK IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS 1. Purpose of the Financial Collateral Directive, The Legislative Background and Key Issues Addressed by the Directive 2. Scope of the Financial Collateral Regulations 3. The Types of Financial Collateral: Cash, Financial Instruments and Credit Claims 4. Formal Requirements Disapplied by the Financial Collateral Regulations and Extent of Exemption from those Requirements 5. Impact of UK Insolvency Law and Bank Resolution Measures and the Extent to Which These are Disapplied in Relation to Financial Collateral Arrangements 6. Title Transfer Financial Collateral Arrangements 7. Security Financial Collateral Arrangements 8. Possession or Control Test to be Satisfied When Creating a Security Financial Collateral Arrangement 9. Extent to Which a Collateral-Provider May be Permitted to Exercise Rights Attaching to Charged Securities, Such as Voting Rights and the Right to Receive Income, if the Possession or Control Test is to be Satisfied 10. Close-out Netting Provisions and the Financial Collateral Regulations 11. The Right of Use and the Legal Consequences of its Exercise, Including Issues of Priority 12. Remedy of Appropriation 13. Financial Collateral and the Conflict of Laws 14. Retroactivity of the Financial Collateral Regulations PART II USE OF FINANCIAL COLLATERAL 15. Taking and Perfecting Security over Financial Collateral 16. Use of Securities Held in the CREST System as Collateral 17. Use of Close Out Netting and Financial Collateral in Relation to Derivatives (Including ISDA Documentation) 18. Special Issues Arising from the Use of Financial Collateral in Repos, Securities Lending and Prime Brokerage, Including Treatment of Client Assets and Use of Market Standard Documentation (Other Than ISDA Documentation) 19. Use of Book Entry Securities as Collateral 20. Use of Financial Collateral in UK Clearing Houses 21. Use of Contractual Set-Off and Flawed-Asset Arrangements for Taking Cash Collateral 22. Regulatory Treatment of Financial Collateral Arrangements; Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives; and Reporting of Securities Financing Transactions 23. Scottish Law Perspective on the Financial Collateral Regulations and Their Application 24. Law Reform APPENDICES Index

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Book SynopsisFiduciary duties are widely viewed as essential to myriad private relationships, including guardianships, employment relationships, trusts, business organizations, and professional relationships. Recently, legal scholars and courts have devoted increasing attention to the application of fiduciary principles to public officials and public institutions. Some have argued that fiduciary relationships are unified by a common structure, but courts and commentators typically treat each fiduciary relationship as distinct. As a result, fiduciary law is often viewed as fragmented. The Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law shows that fiduciary law can be a distinctive field of study in its own right. This timely work presents important accounts of fiduciary relationships and new ideas on how fiduciary law can be explained. Coverage includes discussion of fiduciary obligations, fiduciary remedies, the role of equity and trusts, and public fiduciary law. A number of comparative perspectives are introduced to highlight similarities and differences between leading jurisdictions. The chapters in this Research Handbook help to show why this subject has drawn so many distinctive points of view, and sheds new light on a multi-faceted and rapidly growing field of study.This Research Handbook will be of interest to readers concerned with both the theory and practice of fiduciary law, as it incorporates significant new insights and developments in the field. It will also act as a starting point of new inquiry for those looking to contribute to the field themselves. Contributors include: S.M. Bainbridge, S.L. Bray, C.M. Bruner, M. Conaglen, E.J. Criddle, D.A. DeMott, E. Fox-Decent, S. Galoob, M. Gelter, A.S. Gold, M. Harding, G. Helleringer, C. Hill, J. Hill, L.P.Q. Johnson, S.H. Kim, A. Laby, E. Leib, A. Licht, B. McDonnell, P. Miller, D.T. Rave, D.G. Smith, A. Tuch, J. VelascoTrade Review‘The Handbook is an impressive and wide-ranging treatment of various aspects of fiduciary law that has a great deal to say that is of interest and value to someone looking at the subject without a particular corporate or governance interest.’ -- Daniel J Carr, The Edinburgh Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Part I Theories of Fiduciary Law 1. Fiduciary Law’s Mixed Messages Evan J. Criddle 2. Interpreting Fiduciary Law Andrew S. Gold 3. Fiduciary Relationships, Fiduciary Law, and Trust Matthew Harding 4. Delimiting Fiduciary Status Julian Velasco Part II Fiduciary Duties 5. The Parable of the Talents Stephen M. Bainbridge 6. Fiduciary Law’s Anti-Corruption Norm Sung Hui Kim 7. Competing Accounts of Fiduciary Obligation Arthur B. Laby 8. Motivation, Information, Negotiation: Why Fiduciary Accountability Cannot be Negotiable Amir N. Licht 9. Dimensions of Fiduciary Loyalty Paul B. Miller Part III Liability and Remedies 10. Punitive Damages Against Trustees? Samuel L. Bray 11. Culpable Participation in Fiduciary Breach Deborah A. DeMott Part IV Corporations 12. Structural Bias, R.I.P.? Claire A. Hill and Brett H. McDonnell 13. Relating fiduciary duties to corporate personhood and corporate purpose Lyman P.Q. Johnson Part V Comparative Fiduciary Law 14. Opting Out of Fiduciary Duties and Liabilities in U.S. and U.K. Business Entities Christopher M. Bruner 15. Directors’ Duties and Legal Safe Harbours: A Comparative Analysis Jennifer G. Hill and Matthew Conaglen 16. Corporate Opportunities in the US and in the UK: How differences in enforcement explain differences in substantive fiduciary duties Martin Gelter and Genevieve Helleringer 17. The Weakening of Fiduciary Law Andrew F. Tuch Part VI Public Fiduciaries 18. Challenges to Public Fiduciary Theory: An Assessment Evan Fox-Decent 19. The Core of Fiduciary Political Theory Stephen R. Galoob and Ethan J. Leib 20. Institutional Competence in Fiduciary Government D. Theodore Rave Index

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Book SynopsisWith fifty trillion in worldwide assets, the growth of mutual funds is a truly global phenomenon and deserves a broad international analysis. Local political economies and legal regimes create different regulatory preferences for the oversight of these funds, and academics, public officials and legal practitioners wishing to understand the global investing environment will require a keen awareness of these international differences. The contributors, leading scholars in the field of investment law from around the world, provide a current legal analysis of funds from a variety of perspectives and using an array of methodologies that consider the large fundamental questions governing the role and regulation of investment funds. This volume also explores the identity and behavior of investors as well as issues surrounding less orthodox funds, such as money market funds, ETFs, and private funds.This Handbook will provide legal and financial scholars, academics, lawyers and regulators with a vital tool for working with mutual funds.Contributors include: W.A. Birdthistle, M. Bullard, I.H-Y Chiu, B. Clarke, Q. Curtis, D.A. DeMott, J. Fanto, J.E. Fisch, P. Hanrahan, L.P.Q. Johnson, W.A. Kaal, A.K. Krug, A.B. Laby, J.D. Morley, A. Palmiter, I. Ramsay, E.D. Roiter, M. White, D.A. ZetzscheTrade Review'A splendid and illuminating overview of the regulation of mutual funds. The Research Handbook assembles contributions from leading scholars in the United States and around the world, offering a fascinating array of perspectives on the challenges facing mutual fund investors and regulators. The volume includes both insightful analyses of existing regulatory practices and creative prescriptions for reforms and renewal. The book will be an invaluable resource for both scholars and practitioners interested in understanding the evolution and future of the regulation of mutual funds.' --Howell Jackson, Harvard University, Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: List of Contributors Introduction to the Research Handbook on the Regulation of Monetary Funds William A. Birdthistle and John Morley PART I THE ROLE AND REGULATION OF INVESTMENT FUNDS 1. Why Do Investment Funds Have Special Securities Regulation? John Morley 2. The Rise and Fall of the Mutual Fund Brand Mercer Bullard 3. Fiduciary Contours: Perspectives on Mutual Funds and Private Funds Deborah A. DeMott 4. The Fiduciary Structure of Investment Management Regulation Arthur B. Laby PART II IDENTITY AND BEHAVIOR OF MUTUAL FUND INVESTORS 5. Who Are Mutual Fund Investors? Alan Palmiter 6. Protecting Mutual Fund Investors: An Inevitable Eclecticism Lyman P.Q. Johnson 7. The Past and Present of Mutual Fund Fee Litigation Under Section 36(b) Quinn Curtis 8. Toward Better Mutual Fund Governance Anita K. Krug 9. Mutual Fund Compliance: Key Developments and Their Implications James Fanto PART III THE BROADER RANGE OF INVESTMENT FUNDS 10. Tales From The Dark Side: Money Market Funds and the Shadow Banking Debate Jill E. Fisch 11. Exchange-Traded Funds: Neither Fish Nor Fowl Eric D. Roiter 12. Free Funds: Retirement Savings as Public Infrastructure William A. Birdthistle 13. Confluence of Mutual and Hedge Funds Wulf A. Kaal PART IV INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON INVESTMENT FUNDS 14. The Anatomy of European Investment Fund Law Dirk A. Zetzsche 15. Governance Aspects of Mutual Funds in Ireland Blanaid Clarke and Mark White 16. Regulating Collective Retail Investment Funds in the United Kingdom with the Objective of Investor Protection, and Some Implications Iris H-Y Chiu 17. Regulation of Mutual Funds in Australia Pamela Hanrahan and Ian Ramsay Index

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Book SynopsisIncreasing international investment, the proliferation of international investment agreements, domestic legislation and investor-state contracts have contributed to the development of a new field of international law that defines obligations between host states and foreign investors with investor-state dispute settlements. This involves not only vast sums, but also a panoply of rights, duties and shifting objectives at the juncture of national and international law and policy. This engaging Research Handbook provides an authoritative account of these diverse investment law issues.Written by international experts in the field, the contributions provide economic, political and legal perspectives to cover all aspects of international and national investment law. With regional perspectives from Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, and Latin and North America, this Research Handbook offers an analytical overview of the key areas of current research interest and developments in investment law. Vitally, the expert contributors outline future and upcoming issues, as well as providing a research agenda for the topic.This Research Handbook will be an excellent resource for researchers in academic institutions, governments and non-governmental organisations, as well as for practitioners including government officials, negotiators and practicing lawyers.Contributors: I. Alvik, D. Atanasova, J. Baumgartner, C. Binder, D.N. Dagbanja, S.B. Danzman, E. De Brabandere, A. De Luca, A. Dimopoulos, K.F. Gómez, K. Gülay, A.R. Hippolyte, R.T. Hoffmann, L. Hsu, M. Jacobson, P. Janig, L. Johnson, M. Krajewski, K. Magraw, A. Mitchell, M. Molinuevo, P.M. Protopsaltis, S. Robert-Cuendet, G. Sacerdoti, L. Sándor, S. Schacherer, S.W. Schill, C. Titi, E. TuerkTrade Review'This formidable work brings together the leading experts in the field of international investment law to address cutting edge issues in that law as well as covering the particular problems that arise in geographical regions. Existing areas are competently surveyed. But more importantly, new areas such as the impact of sustainable development, the interface with trade in services, the context of economic crises and others are conveniently covered in a single book so that a search does not have to be made in several works to find the law. It is a work that will be of immense help to students, researchers and practitioners in the field.' --M. Sornarajah, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: PART I FOUNDATIONS 1. The political economy of bilateral investment treaties Sarah Bauerle Danzman 2. Legal approaches to foreign direct investment Stephan Schill and Kerem Gülay 3. Foreign investment law and developing countries Antonius Rickson Hippolyte 4. FDI, international investment agreements and the sustainable development goals Lise Johnson PART II INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS 5. Trends and reform debates Elisabeth Tuerk, Jorun Baumgartner and Dafina Atanasova 6. Scope of international investment agreements and substantive protection standards Catharine Titi 7. Investment dispute settlement Anna De Luca and Giorgio Sacerdoti 8. FDI and services trade: connections in rules and dispute settlement Martín Molinuevo and Michael Jacobson PART III INVESTMENT REGULATIONS AND INCENTIVES 9. Investor-state contracts Ivar Alvik 10. Investment guarantees and political risk insurance Panayotis M. Protopsaltis PART IV REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 11. Africa Dominic Npoanlari Dagbanja 12. Asia Locknie Hsu 13. Australia and New Zealand Andrew Mitchell 14. European Union Angelos Dimopoulos 15. Central and Eastern Europe Lénárd Sándor 16. Latin America Katia Fach Gómez 17. North America Kendra Magraw PART V CHALLENGES AND CONTENTIOUS ISSUES 18. International investment law and sustainable development Stefanie Schacherer and Rhea Tamara Hoffmann 19. Protection of the environment and international investment law Sabrina Robert-Cuendet 20. Human rights and international investment law Eric De Brabandere 21. Investment agreements and financial crises Christina Binder and Philipp Janig Index

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Book SynopsisNo single-volume publication brings together as many diverse and stimulating perspectives on secured financing law as does this EE Research Handbook. Its great strengths are asking hard questions and recognizing how difficult reform is. Contributors report on what works (and what doesn't), drawing on evidence from legal systems less often studied in this context (e.g., Brazil, Morocco). I cannot imagine a researcher in the field who would not be intrigued by analysis of such issues as access of women to secured financing, constraints Shari ah places on use of security devices, and reasons for Russia's meandering path to modernization.'- Peter Winship, SMU Dedman School of Law, USThis cutting-edge Handbook presents an overview of research and thinking in the field of secured financing, examining international standards and best practices of secured transactions law reform and its economic impact. Expert contributors explore the breadth and depth of the subject matter across diverse sectors, and illustrate the choices and trade-offs that policy makers face via a number of illuminating case studies.The book explores groundbreaking research across a comprehensive range of sectors and countries, including new, original analysis of Shari'ah compliant collateral regimes and improved access to finance for women. A diverse group of experts offer cutting-edge points of view as well as case studies from England and Wales, Morocco, Russia and Romania.The result is a unique and wide-ranging examination of secured transactions reform across the world and a valuable resource for researchers, government and development agencies, banks, and law firms.Contributors: J. Armour, S. Bazinas, N. Budd, A. Burtoiu, R. Calnan, F. Dahan, M. Dubovec, L. Gullifer, I. Istuk, T. Johnson, O. Lemseffer, C. de Lima Ramos, J. Lymar, C. Manuel, M.J.T. McMillen, A.P. Menezes, M. Mourahib, E. Murray, N. Nikitina, V. Padurari, J.-H. Röver, M. Uttamchandani, K. van Zwieten, P.R. WoodTrade Review‘No single-volume publication brings together as many diverse and stimulating perspectives on secured financing law as does this Research Handbook. Its great strengths are asking hard questions and recognizing how difficult reform is. Contributors report on what works (and what doesn’t), drawing on evidence from legal systems less often studied in this context (e.g., Brazil, Morocco). I cannot imagine a researcher in the field who would not be intrigued by analysis of such issues as access of women to secured financing, constraints Shari’ah places on use of security devices, and reasons for Russia’s meandering path to modernization.’ -- Peter Winship, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Philip R. Wood PART I SECURED TRANSACTIONS LAW, ECONOMIC IMPACT AND REFORM 1. How do Creditor Rights Matter for Debt Finance? A Review of Empirical Evidence John Armour, Antonia Menezes, Mahesh Uttamchandani And Kristin Van Zwieten 2. The Influence of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide On Secured Transactions Spyridon V. Bazinas 3. A Single Framework Governing Secured Transactions? Comparative Reflections Frederique Dahan 4. Implementing Shari’ah-Compliant Collateral Security Regimes: Select Issues Michael J.T. Mcmillen 5. Levelling the Legal Playing Field: What the Law Can and Can’t do to Improve Women’s Access to Secured Finance Clare Manuel PART II SECURED FINANCING: MANY FACETS AND CONTEXTS 6. Untying the Gordian Knot: Farmers, Banks, Insurers, Warehouse Receipts, Commodity Exchanges, Collateral Managers and Access to Credit Nicholas Budd 7. Sowing the Good Seeds: The Brazilian Experience of Agriculture Financing Christian de Lima Ramos 8. The Potential of Factoring for Improving SME Access to Finance Ivor Istuk 9. Security in Project Finance and PPP and the Implications for Secured Transactions Law: “Security is a Shield, Not a Sword” Jan-Hendrik Röver 10. Keeping it Real: SME Financing, Secured Transactions and Risk Appetite Tom Johnson 11. Financial Collateral Arrangements and the Financial Markets Edward Murray 12. Fundamentals of Taking Security Interests in Bank Accounts Marek Dubovec PART III TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES FOR REFORM 13. Secured Transactions Law Reform in Russia: A Tortuous but Ultimately Successful Journey Natalia Nikitina and Julia Lymar 14. Reforming an Established Secured Transactions Legal System: Why and How Morocco is Approaching the Challenge Mustapha Mourahib, Bertrand Fournier-Montgieux and Ouns Lemseffer 15. Taking Stock of Romanian Secured Transactions After 15 Years of Reform: A Mapping of Past, Present and Future Milestones Victor Pădurari and Andreea Simona Burtoiu 16. Piecemeal Reform: Is it The Answer? Louise Gullifer 17. What Makes a Good Law of Security? Richard Calnan Index

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Book SynopsisA heavily debated topic, the evolution of shareholders' duties risks the transformation of the very concept of shareholder primacy, crucially associated with shareholder rights. Offering a distinctive and comprehensive examination of both current and forthcoming enforcement mechanisms in the area of shareholder duties, this timely book provides an exhaustive analysis of the many issues related to these mechanisms, and considers the ongoing challenges surrounding their implementation.Enforcing Shareholders' Duties is unique in critically challenging the revised Shareholder Rights Directive as well as other legal provisions. Adopting a holistic view of the possible enforcement issues shareholders may face in company law, it argues for a measured approach in the design of such enforcement mechanisms and for a careful consideration of the effects of a legal interventionist approach. Astute and engaging chapters provide arguments and recommendations for future regulatory initiatives aimed at ensuring shareholders will remain incentivised to invest in companies, whilst still assuming their responsibilities.Students and researchers with an interest in financial and corporate law, particularly from a policy and governance angle, will find this book an important resource. Its focus on the emerging agenda surrounding the enforcement of shareholders' duties ensure it is also highly relevant for legislators, policymakers, and practitioners.Contributors include: A. Anand, H.S. Birkmose, J. Borg-Barthet, I.H.-Y. Chiu, M. Gargantini, E. Howell, C. Malberti, M. Neville, J. Payne, C. PuskaTrade Review'The great financial crisis of 2008 led the EU to rethink the relationship between listed companies and shareholders. Institutional investors have been requested to play a stewardship role in listed companies as well as banks, and to force management to take a more long-term view. Enforcing Shareholders' Duties offers the first comprehensive analysis on the enforcement of these new obligations, examining the key issue as to whether jurisdictions should choose private, public or ''social'' enforcement, or a combination thereof, and to what extent? This book will be of great interest to institutional investors, companies, policymakers and academics, not just in the EU, but also worldwide.' --Pierre-Henri Conac, University of Luxembourg'The imposition of engagement and/or fiduciary duties upon shareholders, whether institutional or controlling ones, is a relatively new phenomenon in most jurisdictions, the implications of which for corporate law can hardly be overestimated. This volume fills an important gap in the literature by focusing on the law in action of shareholder duties. Its rich and insightful chapters give the reader a refined, nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the challenges and ramifications of the policies underlying the imposition of shareholder duties.' --Luca Enriques, University of Oxford, UK'The role of shareholders is paramount in corporate governance, and their duties are underexplored. This important book makes a crucial contribution to rethinking the different ways in which shareholders' obligations may be made operational in corporate law - with implications that must concern all scholars, policymakers and practitioners in this area.' --Wolf-Georg Ringe, University of Hamburg, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Takis Tridimas PART I: The Contours of Enforcement 1. Legal and Economic Rationales for Shareholder Duties and their Enforcement Anita Anand and Christopher Puskas 2. Duties Imposed on Specific Shareholders Only, and Enforcement Implications Hanne Birkmose 3. Shareholder Engagement Duties: The European Move beyond Stewardship Christoph Van der Elst PART II: The Sources of Enforcement 4. Contractual Enforcement of Shareholders’ Duties Corrado Malberti 5. Private vs Public Enforcement of Shareholder Duties Iris Chiu 6. Legal vs Social Enforcement of Shareholder Duties Konstantinos Sergakis PART III: Sanctioning Shareholders’ Duties 7. Enforcing shareholder duties through suspension of the exercise of voting rights Karsten Sørensen and Mette Neville 8. Financial Sanctions for breach of shareholders’ duties Jennifer Payne and Elizabeth Howell 9. The Basis of Shareholder Liability for Corporate Wrongs Christian A. Witting PART IV: Barriers to Enforcement 10. Barriers to Shareholder Identification and Entitlement Matteo Gargantini 11. Barriers to the Enforcement of Shareholders’ Duties Flowing from Primary EU Law Christoph Teichmann and Lothar Wolff 12. Jurisdictional Barriers to Enforcement Justin Borg-Barthet Index

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Book SynopsisSustainable development remains a high priority in international politics and commerce. This timely book explores how the contours and facets of economic, environmental and social sustainability are reflected in the legal norms that govern trade, investment and finance. Examining a range of issues arising from private initiatives, national conduct and international organisations, the chapters interrogate the role of powerful global actors in the pursuit of sustainable development: China, the United States and the EU are all recognised as significant actors in a wider context of global partnership. The authors identify and investigate challenges to the realisation of a coherent sustainable development policy, engaging with the complex interactions of international, regional and national mechanisms that pose significant problems for the future of the planet, its people and their prosperity. Offering interdisciplinary insights on legal frameworks through the lens of sustainability, this discerning book will appeal to a range of academics interested in sustainability, trade, investment and finance, while also offering crucial insights for policy-makers into specific areas of regulation.Trade Review‘Understanding the regulatory frameworks of trade, investment and finance and their impact on corporate sustainability is crucial. This highly topical volume provides fresh insights combined with a comprehensive analysis that makes it a necessary contribution not only in trade, investment and finance, but also for scholars, students and policy-makers of company law, corporate governance and business generally.’ -- Beate Sjåfjell, University of Oslo and coordinator of the SMART project, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Concept of Sustainability and its Application in International Trade, Investment and Finance Clair Gammage and Tonia Novitz PART I TRADE LAW 2. Sustainable Trade, Renewable Energy and the WTO Daniel Szabo 3. Social Norms in EU-Free Trade Agreements: Justiciable or Not? Clair Gammage 4. Increasing the Social Sustainability of Trade Agreements in Terms of Labour Standards: Insights from the TPP Experience Franz Christian Ebert PART II SUPPLY CHAINS 5. Sustainable Global Supply Chains: From Transparency to Due Diligence Kasey McCall-Smith and Andreas Rühmkorf 6. Regulating Sustainability by Combining Legality Verification and Market Access: Critical Reflections on the EU’s FLEGT Scheme as ‘Smart-Mix’ Multi-Level Regulation for the Timber Sector Karin Buhmann and Iben Nathan PART III CONTENT OF INVESTMENT TREATIES 7. Old Players, New Rules: A Critique of the China-Ethiopia and China-Tanzania Bilateral Investment Treaties Amy Man 8. The Principle of ‘CBDR’ in BITs to Promote Sustainable Development Strategies while Combating Environmental Degradation: A Developing Country Perspective Shamila Dawood PART IV INVESTMENT ARBITRATION 9. Human Rights Obligations in Investor-State Contracts: Reconciling Investors' Legitimate Expectations with the Public Interest Enrique Boone Barrera 10. From Myopia to Flashes of Clear Vision? Deciding Interaction and Conflict of Treaties in Investor-State Arbitration after Urbaser v Argentina Ahmad Ghouri 11. Achieving Sustainable Development Objectives in International Investment Law through the Lens of Treaty Interpretation Ying-Jun Lin PART V FUNDING, FINANCE AND TAX 12. Fossil Fuels Divestment: A Strategy for Sustainability? Benjamin J. Richardson 13. Creative Cocktails or Toxic Brews? Blended Finance and the Regulatory Framework for Sustainable Development Celine Tan 14. Apple Tax: The Core Issues Irene Lynch Fannon Index

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Book SynopsisThe Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) constitutes a key pillar of the project of European integration, and the law serves as the infrastructure of the EU's system of economic governance. This comprehensive Research Handbook analyses and explains this complex architecture from a legal point of view and looks ahead to the challenges it faces and how these can be resolved. Bringing together contributions from leading academics from across Europe and top lawyers from several EU institutions, this Research Handbook is the first to cover all aspects of the Eurozone's legal ecosystem, including the fiscal, monetary, banking, and capital markets unions. In doing so, it offers an up-to-date and in depth assessment of the norms and procedures that underpin EMU, exploring the latest developments, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the existing framework, and making suggestions for necessary reform through policy and law. Scholars and advanced students with an interest in EU economic law will find this Research Handbook to be an indispensable guide. It will also prove valuable to policy-makers and legal advisors working in EU institutions, as well as practitioners in the field and officials in both EU and national administrations.Trade Review'This Research Handbook is a thorough and well-organized volume on European economic law. It is a timely publication given the fast pace of changes in European economic affairs and presents a balanced look at the strengths and weaknesses among European Monetary Union institutions with an eye to the future from the contributors’ perspectives. This particular addition to the series is unique among other publications for its in-depth analysis of EU economic law.'--Stephanie C Miller, International Journal of Legal InformationTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Federico Fabbrini and Marco Ventoruzzo PART I Economic Union 2. Institutional architecture Alberto de Gregorio Merino 3. Fiscal Rules Jean-Paul Keppenne 4. Mechanisms of Financial Stabilization Tomi Tuominen 5. Fiscal Capacity Federico Fabbrini PART II Monetary Union 6. Institutional architecture (ECB, Eurosystem) Phoebus Athanassiou 7. Conventional & Unconventional Monetary Policy Aikaterini Pantazatou and Ioannis Asimakopoulos 8. Monetary Policy and Judicial Review Stefania Baroncelli 9. Adjustment Programs and Conditionality Roderic O’Gorman PART III Banking Union 10. The Single Rulebook and the European Banking Authority Valia Babis 11. Single Supervisory Mechanism Tobias H. Troeger 12. Single Resolution Mechanism Christos Gortsos 13. European Deposit Insurance Scheme Christos Gortsos PART IV Capital Markets Union 14. The European System of Financial Supervision Sophie Vuarlot-Dignac and Eugenia Siracusa 15. Capital Markets Union Danny Busch 16. Financial Services and Investment Funds Filippo Annunziata 17. Clearing and Settlement Nadia Linciano 18. Concluding remarks Andreas Heinzmann and Valerio Scollo Index

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Book SynopsisAnti-Money Laundering Regulation and Compliance: Key Problems and Practice Areas is a comprehensive treatment of the anti-money laundering/combatting the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) and sanctions compliance programs, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, and the best practices under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and sanctions regulatory regimes. AML/CFT and sanctions provisions are highly interrelated. Onboarding and customer due diligence requirements generate the data entered into transaction monitoring and screening systems.This book is unique in placing the prescriptive and program elements within the 'risk-based approach'that is foundational to AML/CFT compliance and the related risk management systems. Relatedly, the book describes corporate governance best practices and the 'three lines of defense' model that hold management accountable for exposure to money laundering and terrorist financing risks created by their business strategies. The book includes practical guidance on AML/CFT and sanctions model risk management, reflecting firms' growing reliance on machine learning and AI compliance solutions and the compliance risk of firms that adhere to Federal Reserve model risk management expectations. Also unique in the literature, it identifies a 'compliance paradox' that arises from the sharp tension between firms' modes of generating revenue and the law enforcement focus of AML/CFT and sanctions regulation and explains how this tension can compromise compliance.Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and Compliance also serves as a go-to guide for practitioners and beginners in the field or as a required text in graduate, certificate, and law school programs.Trade Review'Alexander Dill‘s Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and Compliance provides a uniquely intelligent walk through the AML system that is so often reduced to a complex web of rules: the author approaches his topic from the most challenging end, trying to make sense of that enigmatic risk based approach... This book helps, like few others, those working within the financial services industry and outside observers alike to make sense of these heavily criticized AML standards.' -- Mark Pieth, University of Basel, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and Compliance 2. Introductory overview of money laundering and terrorist financing risks and their regulation 3. AML/CFT and OFAC regulatory, supervisory, and enforcement framework 4. AML/CFT and OFAC reporting, recordkeeping, and information-sharing requirements 5. Regulatory expectations for AML/CFT and OFAC compliance programs 92 6. The role of corporate governance in mitigating AML/CFT and OFAC compliance risk 7. The role of risk management in meeting AML/CFT and OFAC regulatory expectations 8. The risk-based approach to suspicious transaction monitoring and sanctions screening References Index

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Book SynopsisAnti-Money Laundering Regulation and Compliance: Key Problems and Practice Areas is a comprehensive treatment of the anti-money laundering/combatting the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) and sanctions compliance programs, recordkeeping and reporting requirements, and the best practices under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and sanctions regulatory regimes. AML/CFT and sanctions provisions are highly interrelated. Onboarding and customer due diligence requirements generate the data entered into transaction monitoring and screening systems.This book is unique in placing the prescriptive and program elements within the 'risk-based approach'that is foundational to AML/CFT compliance and the related risk management systems. Relatedly, the book describes corporate governance best practices and the 'three lines of defense' model that hold management accountable for exposure to money laundering and terrorist financing risks created by their business strategies. The book includes practical guidance on AML/CFT and sanctions model risk management, reflecting firms' growing reliance on machine learning and AI compliance solutions and the compliance risk of firms that adhere to Federal Reserve model risk management expectations. Also unique in the literature, it identifies a 'compliance paradox' that arises from the sharp tension between firms' modes of generating revenue and the law enforcement focus of AML/CFT and sanctions regulation and explains how this tension can compromise compliance.Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and Compliance also serves as a go-to guide for practitioners and beginners in the field or as a required text in graduate, certificate, and law school programs.Trade Review'Alexander Dill‘s Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and Compliance provides a uniquely intelligent walk through the AML system that is so often reduced to a complex web of rules: the author approaches his topic from the most challenging end, trying to make sense of that enigmatic risk based approach... This book helps, like few others, those working within the financial services industry and outside observers alike to make sense of these heavily criticized AML standards.' -- Mark Pieth, University of Basel, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and Compliance 2. Introductory overview of money laundering and terrorist financing risks and their regulation 3. AML/CFT and OFAC regulatory, supervisory, and enforcement framework 4. AML/CFT and OFAC reporting, recordkeeping, and information-sharing requirements 5. Regulatory expectations for AML/CFT and OFAC compliance programs 92 6. The role of corporate governance in mitigating AML/CFT and OFAC compliance risk 7. The role of risk management in meeting AML/CFT and OFAC regulatory expectations 8. The risk-based approach to suspicious transaction monitoring and sanctions screening References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This important Advanced Introduction considers the multiple ways in which law and entrepreneurship intertwine. Shubha Ghosh expertly explores key areas defining the field, including lawyering, innovation policy, intellectual property and economics and finance, to enhance both legal and pedagogical concepts.Key features include: a survey of critical scholarly articles in the field of law and entrepreneurship analysis of challenges to legal professions in the new technological environment traces the roots of law and entrepreneurship to scholarly study of intellectual property. This Advanced Introduction will be a useful resource for scholars and instructors in law and business schools who teach courses on innovation and entrepreneurship. Students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels will also appreciate the insights provided into the basic concepts, methods and future research directions.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Concepts 2. Lawyering and entrepreneurship 3. Social entrepreneurship 4. Intellectual property law and entrepreneurship 5. Entrepreneurship and innovation policy 6. Economics, markets and entrepreneurship 7. Finance and entrepreneurship 8. Future directions Selected bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This important Advanced Introduction considers the multiple ways in which law and entrepreneurship intertwine. Shubha Ghosh expertly explores key areas defining the field, including lawyering, innovation policy, intellectual property and economics and finance, to enhance both legal and pedagogical concepts.Key features include: a survey of critical scholarly articles in the field of law and entrepreneurship analysis of challenges to legal professions in the new technological environment traces the roots of law and entrepreneurship to scholarly study of intellectual property. This Advanced Introduction will be a useful resource for scholars and instructors in law and business schools who teach courses on innovation and entrepreneurship. Students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels will also appreciate the insights provided into the basic concepts, methods and future research directions.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Concepts 2. Lawyering and entrepreneurship 3. Social entrepreneurship 4. Intellectual property law and entrepreneurship 5. Entrepreneurship and innovation policy 6. Economics, markets and entrepreneurship 7. Finance and entrepreneurship 8. Future directions Selected bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis indispensible book offers step-by-step guidance to small and mid-sized companies and non-profit organizations in managing corruption risks in overseas markets. It covers how and why to build a culture of integrity, develop a risk-based anti-corruption compliance programme, and engage with other industry players in collective action against shared corruption challenges. The focus on culture, compliance and collective action helps resource-stretched companies to build a strong foundation for a healthy and flourishing organization, as well as contribute towards raising standards of integrity across their industry. Key features include: Guidance for creating and contributing to collective action Quick definitions, tips and practical tools such as checklists A hands-on approach with an emphasis on culture and leadership Case studies and real-life examples of both corruption risks and the importance of a strong compliance culture. Anti-Corruption Compliance will be an invaluable resource for senior managers of small and mid-sized organizations in minimizing exposure to corruption risks in international markets. It will also prove useful to corporate lawyers and others involved with compliance functions in larger companies, as well as to academics and students of corporate law with an interest in anti-corruption and compliance.Trade Review'This book should have a place in the libraries of SMEs and MNEs alike, and worn copies on the desks of compliance personnel and other senior company officers concerned with risk. Well-written and researched, the book should help enlighten and inform its primary audience of SMEs as well as others ranging from experienced compliance professionals at MNEs to regulators and academics. The case studies put real meat on the bones of sometimes obtuse or confusing anti-corruption laws and showcase possible compliance responses and good governance solutions to difficult real-life corruption risks.' --Michael Silverman, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and first World Bank Group Integrity Compliance Officer, US'This book is a must-read for people who are serious about understanding and complying with the myriad rules about corruption. The book is concise and direct, but comprehensive - it packs tremendous insight into a digestible format. I recommend this book to everyone with an interest in corruption control.' --Philip M. Nichols, University of Pennsylvania, US'Anti-corruption compliance is a must for SMEs as they are more vulnerable than large multinationals. At the same time, putting in place an anti-bribery anti-corruption (ABAC) compliance programme is often considered costly and burdensome, especially for SMEs. Gemma Aiolfi debunks these assumptions. The author, who has extensive experience in the area, clearly illustrates how anti-corruption compliance ought not to be ''a standalone topic but plays into wider frameworks of business strategy and risk management''. As she rightly points out ABAC compliance is not only a question of policies, process and procedures; it is first and foremost a pillar for a sound and sustainable corporate culture. In that respect being an SME may be an advantage rather than a disadvantage. Aiolfi's book addresses policy issues and presents practical solutions in a condensed and user-friendly manner. It is great reading for all practitioners, be they chief compliance officers, in house and external lawyers or CEOs.' --Nicola Bonucci, Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP, Paris, FranceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Drivers of anti-corruption compliance affecting SMEs 3. Culture, leadership and governance 4. Corruption risks in context and how to assess them 5. From the code of conduct to controls 6. Common questions and practical tips 7. Anti-corruption collective action Appendix: International anti-corruption standards and a selection of national laws Index

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Book SynopsisThis indispensible book offers step-by-step guidance to small and mid-sized companies and non-profit organizations in managing corruption risks in overseas markets. It covers how and why to build a culture of integrity, develop a risk-based anti-corruption compliance programme, and engage with other industry players in collective action against shared corruption challenges. The focus on culture, compliance and collective action helps resource-stretched companies to build a strong foundation for a healthy and flourishing organization, as well as contribute towards raising standards of integrity across their industry. Key features include: Guidance for creating and contributing to collective action Quick definitions, tips and practical tools such as checklists A hands-on approach with an emphasis on culture and leadership Case studies and real-life examples of both corruption risks and the importance of a strong compliance culture. Anti-Corruption Compliance will be an invaluable resource for senior managers of small and mid-sized organizations in minimizing exposure to corruption risks in international markets. It will also prove useful to corporate lawyers and others involved with compliance functions in larger companies, as well as to academics and students of corporate law with an interest in anti-corruption and compliance.Trade Review'This book should have a place in the libraries of SMEs and MNEs alike, and worn copies on the desks of compliance personnel and other senior company officers concerned with risk. Well-written and researched, the book should help enlighten and inform its primary audience of SMEs as well as others ranging from experienced compliance professionals at MNEs to regulators and academics. The case studies put real meat on the bones of sometimes obtuse or confusing anti-corruption laws and showcase possible compliance responses and good governance solutions to difficult real-life corruption risks.' --Michael Silverman, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and first World Bank Group Integrity Compliance Officer, US'This book is a must-read for people who are serious about understanding and complying with the myriad rules about corruption. The book is concise and direct, but comprehensive - it packs tremendous insight into a digestible format. I recommend this book to everyone with an interest in corruption control.' --Philip M. Nichols, University of Pennsylvania, US'Anti-corruption compliance is a must for SMEs as they are more vulnerable than large multinationals. At the same time, putting in place an anti-bribery anti-corruption (ABAC) compliance programme is often considered costly and burdensome, especially for SMEs. Gemma Aiolfi debunks these assumptions. The author, who has extensive experience in the area, clearly illustrates how anti-corruption compliance ought not to be ''a standalone topic but plays into wider frameworks of business strategy and risk management''. As she rightly points out ABAC compliance is not only a question of policies, process and procedures; it is first and foremost a pillar for a sound and sustainable corporate culture. In that respect being an SME may be an advantage rather than a disadvantage. Aiolfi's book addresses policy issues and presents practical solutions in a condensed and user-friendly manner. It is great reading for all practitioners, be they chief compliance officers, in house and external lawyers or CEOs.' --Nicola Bonucci, Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP, Paris, FranceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Drivers of anti-corruption compliance affecting SMEs 3. Culture, leadership and governance 4. Corruption risks in context and how to assess them 5. From the code of conduct to controls 6. Common questions and practical tips 7. Anti-corruption collective action Appendix: International anti-corruption standards and a selection of national laws Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a concise, practical guide to the European Union's Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD). Presenting unique insights into the ATAD's five specific anti-avoidance rules, its chapters explain the background of those rules, the directive's interactions with relevant jurisprudence, and the challenges posed to the ATAD's interpretation and implementation in domestic law. Key features include: critical, article-by-article analysis of the ATAD contextual information on the legislative environment in which the ATAD operates, embedding it in the wider landscape of CJEU jurisprudence insights into the day-to-day application of the ATAD rules in practice contributions from leading academics and practitioners in the field of tax law examples of the challenges to the interpretation and implementation of ATAD, taken from a range of EU Member States. European and international tax advisors, along with policy makers in the field of tax law, will find this book to be a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the ATAD and its correct application. Those who carry out research in European tax law can also benefit from this book's critical approach to the ATAD and the questions that surround anti-tax avoidance legislation in the European Union. Contributors include: D. Gutmann, W. Haslehner, R. Ismer, B. Kuzniacki, K. Pantazatou, L. Parada, I. Richelle, A. Rust, P. Schwarz, K. Spies, B. van Raaij, F. VanistendaelTrade Review'This book is an excellent guide to the many difficult issues posed by the implementation of the ATAD, in which the authors successfully combine fundamental technical analysis with practical conclusions. With its clear structure and lucid writing, it will prove an invaluable resource for any tax practitioner who faces the challenge of navigating the multi-layered maze of anti-avoidance rules in the EU.' --Kees van Raad, International Tax Center Leiden, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. From Abuse to Base Erosion, How Did It Come to This? Frans Vanistendael 2. The General Scope of the ATAD and Its Position in the EU Legal Order Werner Haslehner 3. Abuse of Law as a General Principle of European Union (Tax) Law Roland Ismer 4. The Interest Limitation (Article 4 ATAD) Daniel Gutmann 5. The Exit Tax Rule (Article 5 ATAD) Paloma Schwarz 6. The GAAR (Article 6 ATAD) Błażej Kuźniacki 7. Controlled Foreign Company Rule (Articles 7 and 8 ATAD) Alexander Rust 8. Hybrid Financial Instruments and Anti-Hybrid Rules in the EU ATAD (Article 9 ATAD) Leopoldo Parada 9. Hybrid Entities and Anti-Hybrid Rules in the EU ATAD (Article 9 and 9a ATAD) Karoline Spies 10. ATAD, Double Taxation and Tax Dispute Resolution Isabelle Richelle 11. Effective Implementation of the ATAD: Information Collection, Exchange and Monitoring through DAC 6 Katerina Pantazatou 12. Where Do We Go From Here? – The Steady Move Towards a Common Corporate Tax Base Bart van Raaij Index

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Book SynopsisThis textbook examines the legal and regulatory approaches to digital assets and related technology taken by United States regulators. As cryptoassets and other blockchain applications mature, and regulatory authorities work hard to keep pace, Daniel Stabile, Kimberly Prior and Andrew Hinkes invite students to consider the legal approaches, challenges and tension points inherent in regulating these new products and systems. The authors explore the attempts to apply securities laws and money transmission regulation, the growth of smart contracts, the taxation of digital assets, and the intersection of digital assets and criminal law. This innovative and unique textbook features: Commentary and analysis by three leading attorneys engaged with the regulation of digital assets and blockchain technology, offering practical, real-world acumen A comprehensive overview of the origins, key features and mechanisms of blockchain technology, as well as a broad intimation of the divisive debates that will shape the future of digital assets, to guarantee a thorough introduction to the topic for students Excerpts of authorities and other materials from key regulators, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Futures Trade Commission, and the Internal Revenue Service, to add insight and nuance to classroom discussions. In this, the first textbook of its kind, students of law, business, or technology will find crucial insights into the law and regulation of blockchain and a comprehensive overview of significant public debates on the topic.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Overview of Distributed Ledger Technology and Terminology 3. The Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses 4. Fundraising and Securities 5. Offers and Sales of Tokens Under U.S. Securities Laws 6. Smart Contracts 7. The Taxation of Digital Assets 8. Virtual Currency and Criminal Law Index

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Book SynopsisThis textbook examines the legal and regulatory approaches to digital assets and related technology taken by United States regulators. As cryptoassets and other blockchain applications mature, and regulatory authorities work hard to keep pace, Daniel Stabile, Kimberly Prior and Andrew Hinkes invite students to consider the legal approaches, challenges and tension points inherent in regulating these new products and systems. The authors explore the attempts to apply securities laws and money transmission regulation, the growth of smart contracts, the taxation of digital assets, and the intersection of digital assets and criminal law. This innovative and unique textbook features: Commentary and analysis by three leading attorneys engaged with the regulation of digital assets and blockchain technology, offering practical, real-world acumen A comprehensive overview of the origins, key features and mechanisms of blockchain technology, as well as a broad intimation of the divisive debates that will shape the future of digital assets, to guarantee a thorough introduction to the topic for students Excerpts of authorities and other materials from key regulators, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Futures Trade Commission, and the Internal Revenue Service, to add insight and nuance to classroom discussions. In this, the first textbook of its kind, students of law, business, or technology will find crucial insights into the law and regulation of blockchain and a comprehensive overview of significant public debates on the topic.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Overview of Distributed Ledger Technology and Terminology 3. The Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses 4. Fundraising and Securities 5. Offers and Sales of Tokens Under U.S. Securities Laws 6. Smart Contracts 7. The Taxation of Digital Assets 8. Virtual Currency and Criminal Law Index

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