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Book SynopsisThis open access book is the first to systematically explore competition policy in fintech markets. Drawing from the expertise of law scholars, economists, and social and natural scientists from the EU and the US, this edited collection explores the competitive dynamics, market organisation, and competition law application in fintech markets. It is the 17th volume in the Swedish Studies in European Law series. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Swedish Network for European Legal Studies.

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Book SynopsisOne of the main issues for a buyer making an acquisition is how to finance it. Acquisition Finance, 2nd edition considers the commercial factors that influence the choice of finance and analyses the most common forms of debt and equity finance. Offering in depth expert advice it provides a full picture for each scenario of the transaction structure and process from the initial commercial stages, to the structuring aspects, due diligence process, the legal documentation process (including a detailed look at the various legal documents required), to funding and completion. The second edition includes coverage of the following changes in the financial market: Impact of the credit crunch on the acquisition finance market and the terms currently available to borrowers (pricing, level of restriction, balance of negotiating power between lenders and borrowers); Types of acquisition finance currently available (less mezzanine finance, less second lien debt, but high yield debt market strengthening); Typical funding structures in the post-credit crunch market; How the financial assistance rules apply to buyouts since October 1, 2009; Changes to the players in the acquisition finance market, including the increasing involvement of non-bank lenders; Continued evolution of the private equity market; Current state of the public-to-private market and its regulation reflecting changes to the Takeover Code since 2008. Includes the following legislation and case law: Companies Act 2006 - how the financial assistance rules apply to buyouts since October 1, 2009; Changes to the Takeover Code since publication of the 1st edition in 2008; Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings BV and another (Appeal) [2013] EWCA Civ 1539; Re Uniq Plc [2011] EWHC 749 (Ch); Barclays Bank Plc and others v HHY Luxembourg SARL & Anor (Rev 1) [2010] EWCA Civ 1248. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Banking and Finance online service. Previous print edition ISBN: 9781845920173Table of ContentsContents: CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Overview; CHAPTER 2 The Acquisition; CHAPTER 3 Financing the Acquisition; CHAPTER 4 The Equity Investment; TH CHAPTER 5 Senior Debt; CHAPTER 6 Unitranche Debt; CHAPTER 7 Second Lien Debt; CHAPTER 8 Mezzanine Debt; CHAPTER 9 High Yield Debt; CHAPTER 10 PIK Notes; CHAPTER 11 Ranking the Layers of Finance; CHAPTER 12 Deal Execution; CHAPTER 13 Public-to-Privates; CHAPTER 14 Multi-Jurisdictional Buy-Outs

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Book SynopsisExamining the legal history of the order to pay money initiating a funds transfer, the author tracks basic principles of modern law to those that governed the payment order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Exploring the legal nature of the payment order and its underpinning in light of contemporary institutions and payment mechanisms, the book traces the evolution of money, payment mechanisms and the law that governs them, from developments in Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, Rome, and Greco-Roman Egypt, through medieval Europe and post-medieval England. Doctrine is examined in Jewish, Islamic, Roman, common and civil laws. Investigating such diverse legal systems and doctrines at the intersection of laws governing bank deposits, obligations, the assignment of debts, and negotiable instruments, the author identifies the common denominator for the evolving legal principles and speculates on possible reciprocity. At the same time he challenges the idea of 'law merchant' as a mercantile creation. The book provides an account of the evolution of payment law as a distinct cohesive body of legal doctrine applicable to funds transfers. It shows how principles of law developed in tandem with the evolution of banking and in response to changing circumstances and proposes a redefinition of 'law merchant'. The author points to deposit banking and emerging technologies as embodying a great potential for future non-cash payment system growth. However, he recommends caution in predicting both the future of deposit banking and the overall impact of technology. At the same time he expresses confidence in the durability of legal doctrine to continue to evolve and accommodate future payment system developments.Trade Review...by publishing The Payment Order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages: A History, Professor Geva amply demonstrates the depth and breadth of his learning in this area as the foundation for his scholarship on current and likely future issues in payments law. All banking lawyers should be delighted that he has produced this volume, so that they, too, may benefit from his lifelong devotion to the study of that law. This book is both lengthy and very detailed, as well as being very closely argued throughout and no review can do justice to the scholarly riches found therein. ...a very fine work of immense learning and scholarship. It is well-written, well-organized, and once chapter one has been consumed, intelligible to the interested non-expert reader. The historical matter is presented in meticulous and logical detail, a testimony to a very precise and logical mind. I learned an enormous amount from reading the book, expect to return to it frequently, and commend it heartily to readers. -- M. H. Ogilvie * Banking and Finance Law Review, Volume 28 *The Payment Order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages details the development of non-cash payments over the time period indicated by the title…If the book did no more than that, it would be a fascinating read, but Professor Geva undertakes a more ambitious goal. He wishes to show that the current law of payment systems has developed as a progression of payment system laws – each later system, knowingly or unknowingly building on an earlier one. -- Alan L Tyree * Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 23 *In every way this is a big book. It is lengthy (more than 700 pages), its coverage is vast and it advances some very important ideas about the transmission, rebirth and adaptation of legal ideas and institutions across time and cultures. While the focus is payment, the implications of the analysis exited well beyond that into other areas of legal and commercial history. The students of legal transplants would benefit from the banking story it tells. It is a work of mature and impressive scholarship. For years to come, the book will be used as a launching pad for further analysis. No other person could have brought it off; it is in every sense a tour de force. -- Ross Cranston * Canadian Business Law Journal, Volume 53 *Table of Contents1. Money, Payment in Money, and the Order to Pay Money 2. Money and Monetary Legal Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages 3. Funds Transfers in Antiquity: Instruments, Institutions and Mechanisms 4. Deriving History from Law: Are Cheques Traceable to the Talmud? 5. The Payment Order under Roman Law 6. The Medieval Hawale: The Legal Nature of the Suftaj and Other Islamic Payment Instruments 7. Funds Transfers under Talmudic Law: Orthodoxy and Adaptation 8. Payment Orders in Medieval Continental Europe: Book Transfers and Bills of Exchange 9. Payment Orders under English Common Law: The Bailment of Money and the 'Reception' of the Bill of Exchange 10. Evolution and Transformation: The Birth of the Modern Payment System in Post-Medieval England 11. Turning the Wheels of Post-Medieval Change: Paper Circulation and Negotiability under English Law 12. Staying on Course: The Footprint of Ancient and Medieval Doctrine and Practice on Modern Payment Laws Epilogue: From Barter to Electronic Funds Transfers and the Role of Law

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Book SynopsisFinancial stability is a pillar of well-functioning financial markets. After the last financial crisis, European policymakers harmonised banking regulation and revised the framework of banking resolution. The introduction of the bail-in legislation is a natural experiment to improve the understanding of banking resolution and how it affected the funding strategies of banks. This book assesses whether financial stability has been strengthened by the change in banks’ resolution policy with a focus on the bail-in. The book shows how banks changed their funding strategies, shrank their balance-sheets and relied more on deposits. The book will discuss inter-alia the mis-selling of bonds, which happened during 2012-2013, analysing whether the bond allocation changed after the bail-in launch. It discusses how the bail-in mechanism was deemed credible by equity holders and argues that the European case would have useful implications for third countries. Finally, the book relates this discussion to the possible collateral effects generated by the new resolution policy during and after the COVID-19 crisis, which will be of particular interest to researchers and policymakers in banking and financial institutions. ​Table of ContentsChapter 1: The new resolution framework.- Chapter 2: Bank funding strategies after the bail-in announcement.- Chapter 3: Risk Allocation and bond misselling after the bail-in directive.- Chapter 4: Bond allocation after the bank resolution cases.- Chapter 5: Market reaction at the resolution events.

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Book SynopsisEquivalence in Financial Services offers a comprehensive and cross-industry examination of the rules and procedures under EU financial legislation dedicated to third-country market actors. The equivalence regime has become particularly topical after Brexit, as the United Kingdom is now a third country from the perspective of the European Union. This book investigates whether the current equivalence system is fit for its purpose, namely facilitating cross-border finance while minimizing as extensively as possible financial risks. After describing how the European Commission adopts equivalence measures, the book examines the implementation of the equivalence regime for the following entities: Credit Rating Agencies, Benchmarks, Trading Venues, Investment Firms, Investment Funds, Central Securities Depositories, Trade Repositories, and Central Counterparties. Addressing the most recent policy and legal developments, Equivalence in Financial Services provides an insightful guide into this complex area of financial regulation for scholars of financial regulation, legal practitioners, and policy makers. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: The Regulation of Cross-Border Finance.- Chapter 2: Financial Regulation and Systemic risk.- Chapter 3: The Regulation of Globalized Finance.- Part 2: Cross-Border Regulation in the EU: The Passport and the Equivalence Regime.- Chapter 4: The Passport Regime.- Chapter 5: The EU Equivalence Regime: Financial Regulation between the EU and Third Countries. - Part 3: The Regulation of Cross-Border Finance.- Chapter 6: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Equivalence: towards an Analytical Framework.- Chapter 7: A Cross-Industry Analysis of EU Equivalence Frameworks. Are they Effective?.- Chapter 8: The Equivalence Framework for Central Counterparties. EU Regulation and Supervision.- Chapter 9: A Proposal to Reform the EU Equivalence Regime.

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Book SynopsisPART I We, the Entrepreneurs.- Chapter 1 Incorporate Substance for a Better World.- PART II The Sustainable Finance Function of the Corporation.- Chapter 2 The Human Corporation and a Sustainable Financial System.- Chapter 3 Corporation Finance: Real Disclosure, Profit, and Liability.- PART III Creation of Value (Facts, Facts, Facts).- Chapter 4 Financial Reporting: Verified Information for Investors (Accountability).- Chapter 5  Company Valuation as a Legal Act of Sustainable Value Creation.- PART IV Good Economy through Integrity.- Chapter 6  Global Climate Change for People, Investment and Capital Markets.- Chapter 7 Personal Responsibility and Valuation in Law and Practice (Compliance).- PART V The World, and Beyond.- Chapter 8 Global Vermögensordnung: Sustainable Valuation and Financial Reporting for Prosperity (Peace).- Chapter 9 The Nicomachean Question of Complementarity.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Micro and/or Small Sized Finance and the Development of P2P Lending in Vietnam.- Risks Related to Micro and/or Small Sized Finance via P2P Lending Platforms.- Risk Diversification as the Traditional Tool for Reducing Risk in Vietnam’s Micro and/or Small Sized Finance.- Vietnam’s Traditional Risk Diversification Tools Compared to the Ones in the United States and Japan.- Mutual Funding as a New Tool for Risk Diversification.- Challenges in Implementing Mutual Funding in Vietnam’s P2P Lending Schemes.- Empirical Testing the Feasibility of Mutual Funding as a Risk Diversification Tool in Vietnam.- Conclusion.- Appendix.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Trade Agreements: Issue Areas 1. Enforcement and Dispute Settlement J.-H. Park 2. The Escape Clause in Trade Agreements M. Beshkar and E.W. Bond 3. Dumping and Antidumping Duties B.A. Blonigen and T.J. Prusa 4. Subsidies and Countervailing Duties G.M. Lee 5. Non-Tariff Measures and the World Trading System J. Ederington and M. Ruta 6. Preferential Trade Agreements N. Limão 7. Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries E. Ornelas 8. Trade, Intellectual Property Rights, and the World Trade Organization K. Saggi 9. Issue Linkage G. Maggi

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Book SynopsisGeorge Craig was Sir Walter Scott's local banker, a writer, insurance agent, election agent and baron bailie of Galashiels. Based on thousands of recently discovered letters, this is the first study of a provincial nineteenth-century Scots lawyer and the community he served.

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Book SynopsisThis rigorous commentary takes as its focus the English partnership agreement. It sets out in meticulous detail how the agreement is amended by supplementary statutory provisions or rules of procedure. It then goes on to comment on its essential terms, offering various jurisdictions’ perspectives of those terms. Both market standards and alternative approaches (which are common practice) are addressed. Finally, national formulation proposals for the modules of a contract are laid out on the basis of a term sheet. Its rigorous, authoritative examination makes it required reading for all practising in the field of partnership law.

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Book SynopsisThis article-by-article Commentary on the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a vital resource for practitioners and academics in the field of EU investment protection law. CETA has been called a game-changer. In the investment chapter, it has introduced a number of key innovations, including; - the investment court system with an appellate tribunal, - guidelines on third party funding, - transparency and information sharing, - modern versions of standards of protection, and - detailed provisions on reservations and exceptions. Considering that the new dispute resolution provisions in this chapter have also passed the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union, it is expected that CETA’s investment chapter will serve as a blueprint for future EU investment agreements and so a full understanding of this, offered by this useful Commentary, is essential for lawyers.Table of ContentsAn Overview of the CETA – Investment Chapter (Chapter 8) Article 8.1 Definitions Article 8.2 Scope Article 8.3 Relation to other chapters Article 8.4 Market Access Article 8.5 Performance Requirements Article 8.6 National treatment Article 8.7 Most-favoured-nation treatment Article 8.8 Senior management and boards of directors Article 8.9 Investment and Regulatory Measures Article 8.10 Treatment of Investors and of Covered Investments Article 8.11 Compensation for losses Article 8.12 Expropriation Article 8.13 Transfers Article 8.14 Subrogation Article 8.15 Reservations and Exceptions Article 8.16 Denial of benefits Article 8.17 Formal Requirements Article 8.18 CETA (Scope) Article 8.19 Consultations Article 8.20 Mediation Article 8.21 Determination of the respondent for disputes with the European Union or its Member States Article 8.22 Procedural and Other Requirements for the Submission of a Claim to the Tribunal Article 8.23 Submission of a Claim to the Tribunal Article 8.24 Proceedings under another international agreement Article 8.25 Consent to the settlement of the dispute by the Tribunal Article 8.26 Third party Funding Article 8.27 Constitution of the Tribunal Article 8.28 Appellate Tribunal Article 8.29 Establishment of a multilateral investment tribunal and appellate mechanism Article 8.30 Ethics Article 8.31 Applicable law and interpretation Julian Scheu Article 8.32 Claims manifestly without legal merit Article 8.33 Claims unfounded as a matter of law Article 8.34 Interim Measures Article 8.35 Discontinuance Article 8.36 Transparency of proceedings Article 8.37 Information sharing Article 8.38 Non-Disputing Party Article 8.39 Final Award Article 8.40 Indemnification or other compensation Article 8.41 Enforcement of Awards Article 8.42 Role of the Parties Article 8.43 Consolidation Article 8.44 Committee on Services and Investment Article 8.45 Exclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a critical socio-legal study that brings together the latest scholarly advances on corporate social responsibility, and, at the same time, addresses the pressing issue of corporate liability for harmful acts across the supply and production chains. Corporations have seldom been held responsible and virtually never liable for the acts of their subsidiaries and subcontractors. Actors as different as workers, investors, individual consumers, and shareholder activists claim that corporations should accept greater responsibility for communities and environments affected by their activities. The book argues that a global value chain’s head corporations remain immune to any liability because of the ‘economically dependent-legally independent’ relationships between core corporations and their periphery suppliers and subcontractors. To tackle this problem, globally, the author acknowledges that ‘we’ as a society need to reduce the economic dependence as described above – which is far too excessive – by ensuring a level playing field both economically and socially. More concretely, she argues that in order to realise transnational corporate liability, ‘we’ as lawyers need to find a way (or ways) to establish legally effective relationships between head corporations and their economically dependent entities. Readers of this book will be able to export the concept of corporate social liability, developed in the context of value chains, and apply it to other contexts involving corporate activities where they need to tackle unrestrained corporate freedom and make global businesses responsible and socially useful.Trade ReviewA thought-provoking book … Beyond its legal reach, the book, written in the midst of an unprecedented public health and socio-economic crisis, provides a perceptive account of our society’s dominant values and contributes to paving the way towards a mindful and sustainable recovery from the pandemic. -- Claudia Pharaon, Leiden University * International and Comparative Law Quarterly *This book is a sophisticated addition to what Socio-Legal Studies has to offer to the formulation of legal policy towards the harmful effects of TNCs. It very interestingly suggests the gains in theory and policy that may be made from giving GSCs, so far largely a feature of business literature, such prominence in legal discussion. -- David Campbell, Lancaster University * Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies *This book is a very welcome contribution to business and human rights and one which scholars and practitioners in the field will no doubt find useful. The book provides us with an impressive and critical survey of legal tools already available to combat corporate irresponsibility, as well as the social and historical context through which GVCs emerged. -- Marisa McVey, Queen’s University, Belfast * Business and Human Rights Journal *This is an important book. Anna Aseeva's study of corporate social liability brings together comparative legal scholarship with a socio-legal assessment of the ways in which corporate responsibility for societal issues is regulated across global value chains. She demonstrates that we, as lawyers, can influence corporations' behaviour if we look beyond legal liability and acknowledge the ex ante effects of norms. * Vanessa Mak, Chair in Civil Law, Leiden University, the Netherlands *Aseeva deftly examines the shortcomings of existing soft and hard law for preventing and addressing environmental, human rights and other social harms of business conducted through GVCs and puts forward innovative ideas for filling these governance gaps. Her book is an important contribution to the literature on corporate accountability and should be required reading for Business and Human Rights scholars and students, as well as legislators concerned with the excesses of global capitalism and corporate impunity. * Penelope Simons, University of Ottawa *Table of ContentsPART I ON THE LIMITS OF LAW AND A LIMITLESS GLOBALISED MARKET 1. Introduction I. Meet Corporate Social Liability II. Why Corporate Social Liability? III. What does Corporate Social Liability Cover? IV. The Book’s Approach and Methods V. Structure of the Book 2. Setting the Stage: Corporate Responsibility in Context I. The Corporate Responsibility Debate in its Historical Context II. Ideational Context: The Impact of the Washington Consensus III. Economic Context: Centre, Semi-Periphery and Periphery of Global Value Chains IV. Organisational Context: Global Value Chain Governance V. Social Context: CSR Standards for and within Global Value Chains VI. The Advent of International Standards VII. The Many Shades of Voluntary Standards and Corporate Self-Regulation VIII. The Rise and Fall of CSR PART II THE SHORTCOMINGS OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND OBSTACLES TO CORPORATE LIABILITY 3. National Law: Shades of Publicness in Private Regulation I. Corporate Law II. Tort Law and Contract Law III. Commercial Law 4. Post-national Law: Mandatory Disclosure, Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence, and Supply Chain Liability I. Supranational Law II. International Law PART III CORPORATE LIABILITY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: RECENT APPROACHES AND AN INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE SOCIAL LIABILITY 5. Corporate Liability in International Comparison 9 I. Legislative Landscape II. Litigation Landscape 6. Analysis of Avenues for Corporate Social Liability in Global Value Chains I. Common Criteria for Founding Liability: An Overview II. Further Criteria for Founding Liability: Various Relevant Practices III. Conceptual Prospects for Corporate Social Liability in Global Value Chains PART IV PITFALLS AND THE FUTURE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL LIABILITY IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS 7. Liability through Judicialisation, Legalisation, and Alternative Dispute Settlement I. General Direct Liability II. A(n) (Im)Possibility of Judicial Assertiveness: A General Duty of Care for Global Value Chains III. Legalisation through Legislation: Liability Disciplines in Current French and Dutch Law IV. Transnational CSL Legalisation: Bangladesh Accord and Bangladesh Alliance V. Alternative Dispute Resolution through International Investment Arbitration VI. Enforcing Corporate Social Liability ex ante 8. The Reality and Prospects of European and International Law of Corporate Liability in Global Value Chains I. European Law II. International Business and Human Rights Framework: Guiding or Binding the Global Business? 9. On the Gap-filling Corporate Social Liability (and its Gaps) I. The Pitfalls of International Arbitration for Realising Transnational CSL II. The Limits and Opportunities of the Interface of Domestic Private Law with Public International Law III. Whither Corporate Social Liability? Conclusion: Where Do We Stand and Is There a Way Forward? I. Where Do We Stand? 3 II. The Way Forward III. Final Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisThis book examines claims involving unjust enrichment and public bodies in France,England and the EU. Part 1 explores the law as it now stands in England and Wales as a result of cases such as Woolwich EBS v IRC, those resulting from the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Metallgesellschaft and Hoechst v IRC and those involving Local Authority swaps transactions. So far these cases have been viewed from either a public or a private law perspective, whereas in fact both branches of the law are relevant, and the author argues that the courts ought not to lose sight of the public law issues when a claim is brought under the private law of unjust enrichment, or vice versa. In order to achieve this a hybrid approach is outlined which would allow the law access to both the public and private law aspects of such cases. Since there has been much discussion, particularly in the context of public body cases, of the relationship between the common law and civilian approaches to unjust enrichment, or enrichment without cause, Part 2 considers the French approach in order to ascertain what lessons it holds for England and Wales. And finally, as the Metallgesellschaft case itself makes clear, no understanding of such cases can be complete without an examination of the relevant EU law. Thus Part 3 investigates the principle of unjust enrichment in the European Union and the division of labour between the European and the domestic courts in the ECJ's so-called 'remedies jurisprudence'. In particular it examines the extent to which the two relevant issues, public law and unjust enrichment, are defined in EU law, and to what extent this remains a task for the domestic courts. Cited with approval in the Court of Appeal by Beatson, LJ in Hemming and others v The Lord Mayor and Citizens of Westminster, [2013] EWCA Civ 5912 Cited with approval in the Supreme Court by Lord Walker, in Test Claimants in the Franked Investment Income Group Litigation (Appellants) v Commissioners of Inland Revenue and another [2012] UKSC 19Trade ReviewThe book casts a fresh light on the relationship between ultra vires conduct of public bodies and the reason underlying rights to restitution in such circumstances. It is a well-written and valuable contribution to both restitution and public law scholarship. This work is likely to be very valuable not only to academics but also to practitioners (tax and non-tax) advising on restitution claims involving national or EU public bodies. Rafal Zakrzewski British Tax Review No. 3, 2012 Williams...presents a clear and well-argued case for a public law of unjust enrichment. Her approach is thoughtful and considered covering key cases in English, French and EU law, and focuses on an area of law of particular topicality...While her argument does, as she states, remain normative, lacking case law support, she nevertheless provides a lucid and well-researched argument for reform. Williams must thus be praised for drawing together and critically appraising the leading cases in this field and for providing valuable insight into this developing area of the law. Paula Giliker European Law Review Volume 36, 2011 Unjust Enrichment and Public Law is an important contribution to this topical subject. The discussion of English law is comprehensive and well argued, and will interest both public and private lawyers. Unjust Enrichment and Public Law is a well-written and well-presented book, which does much to advance our understanding of this difficult area of law. It deserves the attention of lawyers across the public/private divide. Paul S. Davies The Law Quarterly Review Volume 127, July 2011Table of ContentsPart 1 Unjust Enrichment and Public Law in England and Wales 1-Definitions and Controversies 'RESTITUTION' OR 'UNJUST ENRICHMENT' Using the Map The Criteria for a Claim in 'Autonomous' Unjust Enrichment 'PUBLIC BODIES' AND 'PUBLIC LAW' CONCLUSION 2-Woolwich and the Creation of the Public Law Reason for Restitution THE FACTS THE BACKGROUND TO THE CLAIM A WHOLLY PRIVATE APPROACH? POTENTIAL UNJUST FACTORS AVAILABLE TO THE WOOLWICH Duress or Colore Officii Inequality No Consideration Failure of Consideration Mistake of Law TWO NEW OPTIONS FOR RECOVERY WHAT IS THE WOOLWICH UNJUST FACTOR? Illegality Incapacity Absence or failure of basis Inequality A WHOLLY PUBLIC APPROACH: COULD RESTITUTION SIMPLY BE A RESPONSE TO A PUBLIC LAW EVENT? THE SOLUTION: A HYBRID APPROACH 3-The Scope of the Public Law Reason for Restitution THE SCOPE OF THE PUBLIC LAW REASON FOR RESTITUTION: EIGHT KEY QUESTIONS Need There Have Been a Demand for the Public Law Reason for Restitution to Operate? Need There Have Been a Protest for the Public Law Reason for Restitution to Operate? To What Extent is the Public Law Reason for Restitution Overridden by Statute? What Exactly Does the Claimant Recover? Is it Always Necessary to Bring Two Separate Cases, One Action for Judicial Review and One Private Law Claim? Over What Subject Matter does the Public Law Reason for Restitution Extend? What Sort of Invalidity Triggers this Reason for Restitution? Which Kinds of Body Will Give Rise to this Reason for Restitution? THE SCOPE OF THE PUBLIC LAW UNJUST FACTOR: RESTITUTION FOR PUBLIC BODIES The 'Swaps' Cases 4-A Hierarchy of Reasons for Restitution THE ADVANTAGES OF THE PUBLIC LAW REASON FOR RESTITUTION OVER THE PRIVATE LAW UNJUST FACTORS REASONS FOR RESTITUTION AND TIME LIMITS: IS A HIERARCHY POSSIBLE? Deutsche Morgan Grenfell v IRC FURTHER ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE HIERARCHY Does Mistake Provide a Broader Ground of Recovery than the Public Law Reason for Restitution? HOW WIDE ARE THE EFFECTS OF THE PUBLIC LAW REASON FOR RESTITUTION? How Wide is the Finding of Ultra Vires? How Far does a Claim in Unjust Enrichment Extend into Consequential Loss? EVIDENCE FOR THE HIERARCHY AND THE ISSUE OF 'CLOSED' SWAPS CONCLUSION 5-Defences WHAT GENERAL IMPLICATIONS DOES THE HYBRID NATURE OF THE REASON FOR RESTITUTION HAVE FOR DEFENCES? TIME LIMITS PRIVATE LAW DEFENCES Change of Position Estoppel Bona Fide Purchase Impossibility of Counter-Restitution Submission to an Honest Claim Ultra Vires Passing On SPECIAL DEFENCES IN PUBLIC LAW UNJUST FACTOR CASES Fiscal Disruption The Law Commission's 'Special' Defence of Exhaustion of the Statutory Mechanism Prospective Overruling CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER IMPLICATIONS Part 1 Conclusions and further implications Part 2 Unjust Enrichment and Public Law in France 6-Public Body Unjust Enrichment Claims in France; Lessons for England and Wales THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE DIVIDE IN FRANCE THE FRENCH LAW OF UNJUST ENRICHMENT Enrichissement Sans Cause Repetition de l'indu Gestion d'affaires ENRICHMENT WITHOUT CAUSE AND PUBLIC BODIES Quasi-Contracts are Automatically Adjusted in their Application to Public Bodies If Courts Have to Choose Between Two Events, Both of which are Actually Relevant to the Basis of the Claim, Some Courts Will Choose One, and Others the Other As well as Adjusting its Quasi-Contracts to Take Account of Public Bodies, French Law Also Distinguishes between Public Law Rules and Public Law Procedure, so that even within the Private Procedure Adjustments can be Made to Take Account of the Public Nature of one of the Parties to the Claim The 'Absence of Cause' Approach does not Necessarily Provide a Better Solution for Public Body Enrichment Cases The Need to Accommodate Public Bodies in Private Claims has a Tendency to Change the Rules of Private Law Itself CONCLUSION Part 3 Unjust Enrichment and Public Law in the European Union 7-Unjust Enrichment and the EU Institutions AN EU LAW OF UNJUST ENRICHMENT? UNJUST ENRICHMENT AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF EU LAW Staff Cases Annulment Cases Three Party Cases UNJUST ENRICHMENT: ONLY A 'GENERAL PRINCIPLE' OF EU LAW CONCLUSION 8-Unjust Enrichment in National and European Law, and the 'Remedies' Jurisprudence of the ECJ HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELEVANT EUROPEAN UNION LAW THE MEMBER STATE/EU DIVIDE: REMEDIES IN NATIONAL COURTS FOR BREACH OF EUROPEAN LAW The Principles of National Procedural Autonomy, Equivalence and Effectiveness, and the Three Phases of the ECJ's Case Law UNJUST ENRICHMENT AND ULTRA VIRES IN NATIONAL AND EU LAW; TWO DIFFERENT MODELS FOR ANALYSING THE DIVISION OF LABOUR BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE EU Two important factors against Model 2 Cases in which a Member State or a National Intervention Agency Levies Money in Contravention of EU Law Cases in which an NIA or the EU Pays Out Money in Breach of EU Law which it then Seeks to Recover IS THERE AN EU LAW 'EVENT' OF ULTRA VIRES IN CASES INVOLVING BOTH EU AND NATIONAL LAW? CONCLUSION-THE IMPACT OF EU LAW ON NATIONAL UNJUST ENRICHMENT CLAIMS INVOLVING PUBLIC BODIES

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Book SynopsisDer Urheber hat das Recht "sein Werk" "zu verwerten“. Umfasst dieses Recht neben Nutzungshandlungen an identischen Gestaltungen auch solche an veränderten Gestaltungen? Welche Tatbestandsmerkmale in den Verwertungsrechten entscheiden darüber? Und wie sind sie auszulegen? Moritz Finke untersucht den Normtext der deutschen sowie europäische Verwertungsrechte. Dabei schlägt er eine Auslegung des Regelungsumfangs der Verwertungsrechte vor, die hinsichtlich der Verwertung veränderter Gestaltungen maßgeblich vom ontologischen Verständnis des Merkmals "Werk" abhängt und einem darauf aufbauenden Konzept, wann jemand Urheber eines "Werkes" ist. Auf dieser Basis diskutiert er, welche Entität in den Verwertungsrechten mit dem "Werk" eines Urhebers gemeint ist. Daneben werden auch Rechtsfolgen und Systematik der Verwertungsrechte an veränderten Gestaltungen untersucht.

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Book SynopsisThe Palgrave Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law focuses on how criminal and terrorist assets pose significant and unrelenting threats to the integrity, security, and stability of contemporary societies. In response to the funds generated by or for organised crime and transnational terrorism, strategies have been elaborated at national, regional, and international levels for laws, organisations and procedures, and economic systems. Reflecting on these strands, this handbook brings together leading experts from different jurisdictions across Europe, America, Asia, and Africa and from different disciplines, including law, criminology, political science, international studies, and business. The authors examine the institutional and legal responses, set within the context of both policy and practice, with a view to critiquing these actions on the grounds of effective delivery and compliance with legality and rights. In addition, the book draws upon the experiences of the many senior practitioners and policy-makers who participated in the research project which was funded by a major Arts and Humanities Research Council grant. This comprehensive collection is a must-read for academics and practitioners alike with an interest in money laundering, terrorism financing, security, and international relations.Trade Review“Reviewing this book from a practitioner perspective, it does focus on areas of law, policy, response, and responsibility … I find this book to be an all-embracing one on the subject of Criminal and Financial Law that is, a ‘must have and read’ for all involved in this subject of enquiry.” (David M.J. Graves, Policing, August 11, 2018)“A prime goal behind The Palgrave Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law is to seek to understand legal structures and measures in the context of practice. … Their valuable insights are reflected in the book. … The Palgrave Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law delivers original, theoretically informed, and well-referenced analysis, which is accessible to both practitioners and scholars alike in multiple jurisdictions.” (Scriptable, rtreview.org, Issue 27, July, 2018)Table of ContentsPt I INTRODUCTORY SECTION.- 1. Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law; Clive Walker, Colin King, and Jimmy Gurulé.- Pt II ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING.- 2. Anti-Money Laundering; Colin King.- 3. The Global AML Regime; Dr Maria Bergstrom, Uppsalla University.- 4. Globalisation, Money Laundering and the City of London; Prof. Leila Simona Talani, Kings College London.- 5. The Production of Suspicion in Retail Banking; Dr Vanessa Iafolla, University of Alberta.- 6. Money Laundering, Anti-Money Laundering and the Legal Profession; Dr Katie Benson, University of Manchester.- 7. Cash, Crime and Anti-Money Laundering; Dr Michele Riccardi, Transcrime and Prof Mike Levi, Cardiff.- 8. Money Laundering in a Virtual World; Dr Clare Chambers-Jones, UWE.- 9. A Bit(coin) of a Problem for the EU AML Framework; Dr Mo Egan, Stirling University.- 10. ‘Fake Passports’ Kenneth Murray, Police Scotland.- 11. De-risking; Vijaya Ramachandran, Matthew Collin, and Matt Juden, Center for Global Development.- 12. Punishing Banks, Their Clients, and Their Clients’ Clients; Prof. Mike Levi, Cardiff University.-13. A Critical Analysis of the Effectiveness of Anti Money Laundering Measures with Reference to Australia; Prof David Chaikin, Business School, University of Sydney.- 14. The Effectiveness of Anti Money Laundering Policy; Dr Joras Ferwerda, Utrecht.- 15. A 'Risky' Risk Approach; Prof Petrus van Duyne, Tilburg; Prof Jackie Harvey, Northumbria, and Dr Liliya Gelemerova.- Pt III ASSET RECOVERY.- 16. Asset Recovery; Colin King.- 17. Mutual Recognition and Confiscation of Assets; Prof. Anna Maria Maugeri, Catania, Italy.- 18. Asset Forfeiture in the US; Stef Cassella.- 19. Post-Conviction Confiscation in England and Wales; Judge Michael Hopmeier and Alex Mills.- 20. Disproportionality in Asset Recovery; Prof. Simon Young, Hong Kong.- 21. Confiscating Dirty Assets; Dr Michele Panzavolta, Leuven.- 22. Civil Recovery in England and Wales; Prof. Peter Aldridge, QMUL.- 23. An Empirical Glimpse of Civil Forfeiture Actions in Canada; Prof. Michelle Gallant, University of Manitoba.- 24. The Difficulties of Belief Evidence and Anonymity in Practice; Dr Colin King, University of Sussex.- 25. International Asset Recovery and the United Nations Convention against Corruption; Dr Dimitris Ziouvas, University of Sussex.- 26. In Pursuit of the Proceeds of Transnational Corporate Bribery; Dr Nicholas Lord, University of Manchester and Prof Mike Levi, Cardiff.- 27. In Search of Transnational Financial Intelligence; Dr Anthony Amicelle, University of Montreal and Dr Killian Chaudieu, University of Lausanne.- 28. Taxing Crime; Dr Ray Friel and Prof Shane Kilcommins, University of Limerick.- 29. The Disposal of Confiscated Assets in the EU Member States; Dr Barbara Vettori, University of Milan.- Pt IV COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING.- 30. Counter-Terrorism Financing; Clive Walker.- 31. A Finance/Security Assemblage; Prof. Marieke de Goede, Amsterdam.- 32. The Financial War on Terrorism; Professor Nicholas Ryder, Rachel Thomas and Georgina Webb, UWE, Bristol.- 33. Legal and Regulatory Approaches to Counter Terrorism Financing; Dr Christopher Michaelsen, UNSW and Doron Goldbarsht, UNSW.- 34. Examining the Efficacy of Canada's Anti-Terrorist Financing Laws; Prof. Anita Anand, University of Toronto.- 35. Ten Years of the EU’s Fight against CTF; Dr Oldrich Bures, Metropolitan University Prague.- 36. The United Nations Security Council Sanctions Regime against the Financing of Terrorism; Cathleen Powell, Cape Town.- 37. The Intersection of AML/SFT and Security Council Sanctions; Prof. Kimberley Prost, ex-UN Ombudsperson.- 38. Sanctions in Armed Conflict; Dr Luca Pantaleo, Asser Institute, Amsterdam.- 39. Applying Social Network Analysis to Terrorist Financing; Prof Christian Leuprecht, Royal Military College of Canada + Oliver Walther, University of Southern Denmark.- 40. Criminal Prosecutions for Terrorism Financing in the UK; Nasir Hafezi, Karen Jones, and Clive Walker.- 41. The Failure to Prosecute ISIS’s Foreign Financiers under the Material Support Statute; Prof. Jimmy Gurule, Notre Dame, Indiana and Sabina Danek.- 42. Informal Money Exchange Regulation; Dr Karen Cooper, JMUL.-43. Responding to Money Transfers by Foreign Terrorist Fighters; Duncan DeVille, Western Union and Daniel Pearson.- 44. Terrorism Financing and the Policing of Charities; Prof. Clive Walker, Leeds.- 45. Regulating Charitable Giving in Malaysia; Dr Zaiton Hamin, UiTM, Kuala Lumpur46. Kidnap and Terrorism Financing; Prof Yvonne Dutton, Indiana.- 47. The Illicit Antiquities Trade and Terrorism Financing; Mark Vlasic, Georgetown University Law Center and Jeffrey Paul DeSousa

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Financial Trilemma and the Role of Law – The Case of ASEAN Financial Integration.- Chapter 2: Cross-border Banking Supervision in ASEAN.- Chapter 3: The Future of ASEAN Bank Resolution – Lessons from the European Experience.- Chapter 4: Cogs in the Wheel – Deposit Insurance Systems in ASEAN.- Chapter 5: Increasing Legal Cooperation in Bank Crisis Management – Implications for the Public Assistance and Fiscal Backstops in ASEAN.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.

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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 SynopsisAfter 2008, private-sector spending took a decade to recover. Yair Listokin thinks we can respond more quickly to the next meltdown by reviving and refashioning a policy approach, used in the New Deal, to harness law’s ability to function as a macroeconomic tool, stimulating or relieving demand as required under certain crisis conditions.Trade ReviewThis book challenges the economic orthodoxy which has governed tax policy over the past four decades, and reclaims John Maynard Keynes's fundamental insights for the twenty-first century. Listokin's neo-Keynesianism can transform the tax code into a powerful force for both social justice and economic prosperity over the next generation. -- Bruce Ackerman, author of We the PeopleFor decades, microeconomics has dominated the field of law and economics. Yair Listokin's book turns law's attention to macroeconomics and, in doing so, identifies crucial but overlooked strategies for fighting the next recession. Few books have an impact on theory and practice, but Listokin's Law and Macroeconomics promises to change our thinking in both arenas. -- Heather K. Gerken, Yale Law SchoolLegal scholars have been trying to ignore macroeconomics for decades, but the problems of growth, deficits, money supply, and recession won't let themselves be ignored. Fortunately, Yair Listokin's fine book illuminates the path forward. -- Eric A. Posner, University of Chicago Law School

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Book SynopsisManaging Risk in the Financial System makes important and timely contributions to our knowledge and understanding of banking law.Trade ReviewThis book contains a large number of chapters, nearly 30 in all, by acknowledged experts on various aspects of the recent financial crisis. Whichever aspect of this crisis that may interest you, such as bank taxes, deposit insurance, TBTF and how to respond, cross-border issues, and many, many others, you will find chapters that are both authoritative and stimulating in this collection. The editors are to be congratulated not only in their selection of authors but also in the speed with which they have taken them from conference presentation to book chapter. --Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics, UKIncisive, authoritative and thoughtful, this important and timely collection of papers exploring the unresolved issues left by the recent global financial turmoil, will undoubtedly shape the policy responses to come. Interdisciplinary in approach and wide-ranging in jurisdictional scope, it draws together influential commentators, practitioners and regulators, to create a new milestone in the search for the fundamentals of a more stable global financial system. --Eva Lomnicka, King's College London, UKManaging Risk in the Financial System offers fresh and essential reading on the Global Financial Crisis. The coverage is unique in its scope - offering a close examination of fundamental concepts such as the nature of systemic risk; consideration of the impact of systemic crisis on both private institutions and national governments; and critique of popular reform proposals such as living wills, resolution funds and capital adequacy. Contributors to this volume are internationally recognized experts who offer sharp assessments of both the causes of the crisis and the proposed reforms. --Heidi Mandanis Schooner, Columbus School of LawTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: The 2010 Banking Law Symposium on Managing Systemic Risk Charles Enoch Special Address: The Deposit Insurer’s Role in Transitioning from a Government Deposit Guarantee Jean Pierre Sabourin Preface: It Has Been ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ John Raymond LaBrosse, Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal and Dalvinder Singh PART I: SYSTEMIC RISK 1. Investor Behaviour in the Period Before the 2007–08 Financial Crisis Richard J. Rosen 2. The Nature of Systemic Risk Jack Selody 3. The Government as Guarantor of Last Resort: Benefits, Costs and the Case for Premium Charges Sebastian Schich 4. The Troubled Asset Relief Program: Has Forbearance as Far as the Eye Can See Saved the US Economy? Gillian G.H. Garcia 5. Why is the Canadian Banking System so Remarkably Stable? A Comparative Analysis with the US Jean Roy, Rima Turk-Ariss and Yenni Redjah 6. Systemic Contingent Claim Analysis – A Model Approach to Systemic Risk Dale F. Gray and Andreas A. Jobst 7. Tax and the City: The UK’s Proposals for a Bank Levy John Snape PART II: SOVEREIGN DEBT 8. Iceland’s Financial Disaster and its Fiscal Impact Arnór Sighvatsson and Gunnar Gunnarsson 9. The Greek Tragedy: Is There a Deus ex Machina? Ioannis Kokkoris, Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal and Kiriakos Papadakis 10. Restructuring a Nation’s Debt Lee C. Buchheit and Mitu Gulati PART III: ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF ‘TOO-BIG-TO-FAIL’ 11. Firm Stability and System Stability: The Regulatory Delusion Geoffrey Wood with Ali Kabiri 12. ‘Living Wills’: Putting the Caboose Before the Engine and Designing a Better Engine George G. Kaufman 13. Finding a Solution to the ‘Too-Big-To-Fail’ Problem Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr. 14. ‘Too-Big-To-Fail’ – Can Alternative Resolution Regimes Really Remedy Systemic Risk in Large Financial Institutions’ Insolvency? Jens-Hinrich Binder 15. To Divest or Not to Divest: That is the Question... Ioannis Kokkoris PART IV: CROSS-BORDER ISSUES 16. Resolving Large Complex Financial Institutions Within and Across Jurisdictions Robert R. Bliss and George G. Kaufman 17. From Consolidated Supervision to Consolidated Resolution Rosa M. Lastra and Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal 18. Creating an EU-Level Supervisor for Cross-border Banking Groups: Issues Raised by the US Experience with Dual Banking Larry D. Wall, María J. Nieto and David G. Mayes PART V: PRUDENTIAL REGULATION 19. Capital and Liquidity Reform – A New Global Agenda George A. Walker 20. Basel II to Basel III: A Great Leap Forward? Imad Moosa PART VI: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES 21. The US Architecture of Bank Regulation and Supervision: Recent Reforms in their Historical Context Dalvinder Singh 22. An Evaluation of the Canadian Financial Safety Net During the Global Financial Crisis John Raymond LaBrosse and James F. McCollum 23. Financial Safety Net Reform in Nigeria Ganiyu Ogunleye 24. Islamic Deposit Insurance System: The Malaysian Model Khairuddin Hj Arshad 25. Managing Financial Risk: The Precautionary Principle and Protecting the Public Interest in the UK John F. McEldowney Index

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Book SynopsisThis book expands upon research into the protection of foreign investments, which is currently an intensively studied area of international law.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Foreign Investments versus the Environment 1. Introduction: The Social and Legal Context 2. International Investment Law and Environmental Protection 3. Theoretical Approaches to International Investment Law 4. Applicable Law and Methods of Interpretation Part II: Integrating Environmental Protection into International Investment Law 5. Internal Arguments: From Ordinary Meanings to Derogatory Logic 6. Systemic Approaches 7. Exceptional Models 8. Environmental Exceptions, Indeterminacy and Legal Principles Bibliography 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 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 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 SynopsisAs the global market expands, the need for international regulation becomes urgent Since World War II, financial crises have been the result of macroeconomic instability until the fatidic week end of September 15 2008, when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy.Trade Review“Georges Ugeux draws on his experience as well as his training as an economist and lawyer to tackle a daunting topic: International Finance regulation: The Quest for Financial Stability (Wiley, 2014). (…) Backward-looking rules are only one problem with current financial regulation. Another is its fragmentation, especially across national borders. (…) Ugeux is not especially hopeful that we can resolve the problems that stand in the way of global financial stability. In fact, if the volcano model is apt, stability itself is a chimera.”—Brenda Jubin, Reading the markets, Investing.comTable of ContentsPreface xiii Is Finance in a Stage of Permanent Crisis? xiv Global Markets Are Interconnected xvi Regulating Finance in a World in Crisis xviii A Web of Institutional Complexity xix Will Global Financial Regulation Become Lex America? xx Applying Global Regulatory Convergence xxii Regulator and Regulated: The Infernal Couple xxiii Finance Cannot Be Left Unregulated xxiii Five Years after Lehman, Regulation Could Not Change the Culture xxiv A Culture of Outlaws xxv I Will Never Give Up xxvi Notes xxvii Chapter 1 The Multiple Objectives of Financial Regulation 1 Stop (Ab)using Taxpayer Money 2 Protect Retail and Small Investors and Depositors 3 Ensure Transparency of Markets and Institutions 5 Implement a Truly Risk-Adjusted Remuneration System 6 Protect Deposits from Trading 7 Notes 8 Chapter 2 A Quarter Century of Banking Crises and the Evolution of Financial Institutions 11 Banking Crises Are Not Exactly a Recent Phenomenon 12 The Two Main Emerging-Market Crises 13 Subprime Crisis 14 Lehman Crisis 16 European Sovereign Debt Crisis 17 European Banking Crisis 17 LIBOR Manipulation 19 Will the Foreign Exchange Market Be Next? 21 Notes 23 Chapter 3 The Lessons of the Recent Financial Crises: The Explosion of Balance Sheets 27 Structural Overbanking of Europe 28 Lack of Transparency of the Derivative Markets 33 Emergence of the Credit Default Swap (CDS) Market 34 The Regulatory Landscape Is Not Global but Largely National 35 Notes 35 Chapter 4 Global Financial Regulation: The Institutional Complexities 37 Group of 20 (G20) 39 Financial Stability Board (FSB) 41 Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Basel Committee (BCBS) 42 International Monetary Fund (IMF) 43 International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) 45 International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) 46 International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) 47 Notes 50 Chapter 5 Capital Adequacy, Liquidity, and Leverage Ratios: Sailing toward the Basel III Rules 53 Part I: Capital Adequacy 55 Part II: Liquidity 59 Part III: Leverage 62 Notes 66 Chapter 6 Assessing Likely Impacts of Regulation on the Real Economy 69 Notes 73 Chapter 7 Regulating the Derivatives Market 75 Origin of the Derivatives Market 77 Size of the Derivatives Markets 78 U.S. Regulation: Dodd-Frank Act 78 European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) 79 Transatlantic Divergences 80 Short Selling Is a Form of Derivative 81 JPMorgan Chase London Trading Losses 82 Notes 83 Chapter 8 The Structure of Banking: How Many Degrees of Separation? 87 Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs) 87 Universal Banking Model 89 Separation Models 90 United Kingdom 90 United States 90 European Union 91 Sw+itzerland 92 Volcker Rule and Proprietary Trading 92 Too Big to Fail (TBTF): Is Size the Problem? 95 Prohibit the Trading of Commodities by Banks 97 Notes 98 Chapter 9 Banking Resolution and Recovery 101 Moral Hazard 102 Can the Bail-In Concept Avoid Taxpayers’ Bailout? 103 Lessons from the Financial Crisis 104 Living Will, or How Banks Want to Be Treated if They Are Close to Collapsing 104 United States 105 The Citi Recovery Plan 106 Role of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the United States 107 United Kingdom 110 European Banking Resolution and Recovery Directive 111 Regulatory Technical Standards 112 Can Resolution Rules Be Effective? 112 An Impossible European Institutional Challenge 113 Who Will Decide to Put Companies Under Resolution Surveillance? 114 Notes 120 Chapter 10 Banking and Shadow Banking 125 Hedge Funds 125 United States 127 Europe 127 Other Types of Shadow Banking 127 Capital Markets and Securitization 128 Notes 129 Chapter 11 Rating Agencies and Auditors 131 Part I: The Rating Agencies 131 Part II: External Auditors 134 Part III: The Limits of Accountability 136 Notes 136 Chapter 12 Central Banks as Lenders of Last Resort Have a Conflict of Interest with Their Regulatory Role 139 Financial Stability 140 United States: Quantitative Easing 141 European Central Bank: The Long-Term Refinancing Operations (LTROs) 143 United Kingdom 144 Japan and Abenomics 145 Are Central Banks Balance Sheets Eternally Expandable? Have They Become Hedge Funds? 145 Is This Novation of Central Banks Legitimate or Legal? 147 Notes 147 Chapter 13 Financial Institution Governance (or Lack Thereof) 149 Risk Management 150 Dysfunctional Boards of Directors 151 Should the Chairperson Also Be the CEO? 152 Remuneration and Risks 153 Personal or Institutional Accountability 153 Notes 154 Chapter 14 Was It a Global Crisis? The Asian Perspective 157 Japan 158 China 160 India 161 Assessing the Asian Risk 162 Notes 163 Chapter 15 The Challenges of Global Regulation 165 Regulation, Policies, and Politics 167 Regulators and Sovereign Financing 169 European Central Bank Supervision: The E.U. Governance Challenges 169 The Risks of Regulatory Fragmentation 171 Bank Resolution: The Legal Nightmare 171 Basel III 172 Reemergence of Capital Markets 173 Restructuring Finance 173 Should Financial Communication Be Regulated? 174 Should Financial Media Respect a Code of Conduct? 175 Financial Education Is Key 176 Notes 178 Chapter 16 Regulation and Ethics 181 Management Integrity 182 Accountability 182 Transparency Is Key 183 A Principled Regulatory System Is Needed 183 Doing the Right Thing 184 Notes 186 Conclusion What Can We Expect? 189 A Few Books I Read and Found Helpful . . . 195 About the Author 197 Index 199

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Book SynopsisDevise an organized, proactive approach to financial compliance Financial Regulation and Compliance provides detailed, step-by-step guidance for the compliance professional seeking to manage overlapping and new regulatory responsibilities. Written by David Kotz, former Inspector General of the SEC with additional guidance provided by leading experts, this book is a one-stop resource for navigating the numerous regulations that have been enacted in response to the financial crisis. You''ll learn how best to defend your organization from SEC, CFTC, FINRA, and NFA Enforcement actions, how to prepare for SEC, FINRA, and NFA regulatory examinations, how to manage the increasing volume of whistleblower complaints, how to efficiently and effectively investigate these complaints, and more. Detailed discussion of the regulatory process explains how aggressive you should be in confronting federal agencies and self-regulatory organizations and describes how commenting on issues Table of ContentsForeword xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxiii About the Author xxv CHAPTER 1 Jurisdiction of Regulators – Who Regulates Whom and What 1 1.1 Federal Financial Regulatory Structure 2 1.2 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 3 1.3 The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) 6 1.4 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) 8 1.5 The National Futures Association (NFA) 10 1.6 The Department of Justice (DOJ) 12 1.7 Recent Regulatory Failures to Uncover Fraud 14 1.8 Expert Advice on Overlapping Regulations 19 CHAPTER 2 How to Strengthen Governance and Compliance in Light of New Regulations 23 2.1 Dodd-Frank Act’s Impact on Governance and Compliance 25 2.2 Managing Executive Compensation 29 2.3 Creating Effective Policies and Procedures 30 2.4 Ensuring Accountability within an Organization 32 2.5 Red Flags of an Unethical Culture 33 2.6 Ethical Decision-Making 34 CHAPTER 3 How to Manage Whistleblowers’ Complaints 37 3.1 Oversight and Failures of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program 37 3.2 The Dodd-Frank Act’s Restructuring of the SEC’s Whistleblower Program 41 3.3 Whistleblower Complaints to the SEC since the Restructuring of Its Program 43 3.4 The CFTC’s New Whistleblower Program 45 3.5 Significant U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Whistleblower Complaints 46 3.6 Managing Complaints Brought to Internal Compliance Officials 47 3.7 Putting Appropriate Whistleblower Policies and Procedures in Place 51 3.8 Effect of the SEC and CFTC’s New Whistleblower Programs 52 CHAPTER 4 How to Defend SEC Examinations 55 4.1 SEC Authority to Conduct Examinations 55 4.2 SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) 57 4.3 Types of SEC OCIE Exams 57 4.4 Preparation for the Exams 58 4.5 Process of Examinations 60 4.6 How the SEC Exam Concludes 65 4.7 SEC OCIE Examination Trends 66 4.8 Not Underestimating the SEC Examiners 67 CHAPTER 5 How to Defend FINRA Examinations 69 5.1 FINRA Qualification Standards and Rules and Regulations 70 5.2 FINRA’s Risk-Based Approach 71 5.3 FINRA’s Regulatory and Examination Priorities 71 5.4 Differences between FINRA and SEC Exams 78 5.5 Types of FINRA Exams 79 5.6 Conduct of FINRA Exams 80 5.7 How the FINRA Exam Concludes 83 5.8 Educating the FINRA Examiners 84 CHAPTER 6 How to Defend an NFA Examination 87 6.1 Types of Entities under the Jurisdiction of the NFA 87 6.2 Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act 90 6.3 NFA Examination Process 90 6.4 Preparing for an NFA Exam 92 6.5 Length and Conduct of the NFA Exam 93 6.6 How the NFA Exam Concludes 95 6.7 CFTC Examinations 96 6.8 Focusing on Strict Compliance with the Regulations 97 CHAPTER 7 How to Defend SEC Enforcement Actions 99 7.1 SEC’s Law Enforcement Function 99 7.2 How SEC Enforcement Actions are Triggered 101 7.3 Commencement of an SEC Enforcement Action 102 7.4 Converting the Inquiry to a Formal Investigation 103 7.5 Discovery Conducted by the SEC 104 7.6 The SEC Enforcement’s “Wells” Process 105 7.7 Use of Experts in SEC Enforcement Proceedings 108 7.8 Settlement Discussions 109 7.9 Trends in SEC Enforcement 110 7.10 Minimizing Exposure in an SEC Enforcement Case 114 CHAPTER 8 How to Defend FINRA Enforcement Actions 115 8.1 FINRA Disciplinary Actions 116 8.2 FINRA Enforcement Process 123 8.3 FINRA’s Formal Proceeding 125 8.4 Challenges of FINRA Enforcement Process 125 8.5 Conduct of the FINRA Hearing 126 8.6 Settlement Possibilities 128 8.7 Disciplinary Sanctions Available to FINRA 128 8.8 Right to Appeal Decision of Hearing Panel 129 8.9 Recent Trends in FINRA Enforcement 129 8.10 Mounting an Aggressive Defense 130 CHAPTER 9 How to Defend CFTC Enforcement Actions 131 9.1 Increased Aggressiveness on the Part of CFTC Enforcement 131 9.2 Types of Enforcement Actions Brought by the CFTC 133 9.3 Triggers for CFTC Enforcement Actions 137 9.4 CFTC Enforcement Process 137 9.5 Differences between CFTC and SEC Enforcement Proceedings 138 9.6 The CFTC “Wells” Process 139 9.7 CFTC Enforcement’s Use of Experts 140 9.8 Settlement Discussions 141 9.9 CFTC Enforcement’s Use of Administrative Proceedings 142 9.10 Trends in CFTC Enforcement 142 9.11 Flawed Assumptions about CFTC Enforcement Process 143 9.12 Strategies for CFTC Enforcement Cases 144 CHAPTER 10 How to Defend NFA Enforcement Actions 147 10.1 NFA Disciplinary Actions 147 10.2 How Complaints are Triggered 148 10.3 Investigative Process 149 10.4 Settlement 150 10.5 The Hearing Panel and Hearing Committee 151 10.6 Conduct of the Hearing 152 10.7 Written Decision after the Hearing 153 10.8 Appeal of an Adverse Decision 153 10.9 The MRA Procedure 154 10.10 Types of Penalties Assessed by the NFA 155 10.11 Number and Types of Disciplinary Actions 156 10.12 Trends in NFA Enforcement 159 10.13 Preparing a Defense 159 CHAPTER 11 How to Participate in the Regulatory Comment Process 161 11.1 Dodd-Frank Rulemaking 161 11.2 SEC Rulemaking Process 162 11.3 Candidates for Comments 163 11.4 Role of Trade Association in Comment Process 163 11.5 Content of the Comment Letter 165 11.6 Approaches to an Effective Comment Letter 168 11.7 Significance of the Economic Impact of Proposed Regulations 168 11.8 Requesting Meetings with Agency Officials 170 11.9 Submitting Comments after the Deadline 171 11.10 Learning about Rulemakings 171 11.11 Assistance from Outside Counsel 172 CHAPTER 12 How to Defend FCPA Claims 173 12.1 FCPA Provisions 173 12.2 FCPA Enforcement Authority 174 12.3 Violations of the FCPA 175 12.4 Penalties for Violating the FCPA 176 12.5 FCPA Exemptions 176 12.6 DOJ/SEC Guidance 177 12.7 The U.K. Bribery Act 179 12.8 Devising Effective Compliance Programs 180 12.9 Training on Compliance Standards 181 12.10 Achieving a Culture of Compliance 181 12.11 Risk-based Due Diligence and Monitoring 182 12.12 Conducting FCPA Compliance Assessments 183 12.13 Importance of Risk Assessment 184 12.14 Management of Third Parties 185 12.15 Conducting Due Diligence on Acquisition Targets 187 12.16 The Triggers for an FCPA Enforcement Action 188 12.17 Self-disclosing Violations 189 12.18 Reducing Exposure 190 CHAPTER 13 How to Conduct Internal Investigations 191 13.1 Limiting Exposure through Effective Internal Investigations 191 13.2 Lessons Learned from High-Profile Investigations 192 13.3 Commencing the Internal Investigation 193 13.4 Retaining an Outside Investigator 194 13.5 Initial Steps of Investigation Process 195 13.6 Methods of Obtaining Information 195 13.7 Collecting Documents 196 13.8 Strategies for Conducting Interviews 197 13.9 Briefing Management during an Investigation 200 13.10 Drafting the Investigative Report 201 13.11 Incorporating Recommendations for Improvement 201 13.12 Protecting Files Associated with Internal Investigation 202 13.13 Retaining the Investigative Report 204 CHAPTER 14 Conclusion 205 14.1 Overlapping Jurisdictions after the Dodd-Frank Act 206 14.2 Regulatory Failures Post-Financial Crisis 209 14.3 Improving of Coordination between Regulatory Agencies 210 14.4 Understanding the Regulatory Climate 212 About the Website 215 Index 217

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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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