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McCormick Roger

Legal risk in the financial markets - 2nd - Oxford Oxford University Press 2010 - 491p xxxv

Contents:
Introduction;
Part 1: The General Context;
1: Why Legal Risk is Important: a Short History;
2: Risk and Capital;
3: Legal Risk in the London Market;
4: The Global Context;
5: The Law-maker, the Regulator and Current Preoccupations;
Part 2: The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-9;
6: Market and Regulatory Failure;
7: The Initial Impact of the Crisis on the Financial Markets;
8: Legal and Regulatory Responses to the Crisis in the UK;
9: Response to the Crisis by the EU and Elsewhere;
10: The Legal Risk Implications of the Crisis;
Part 3: The Impact of Globalisation;
11: Legal Risk in a Globalising Financial Market;
12: Social Responsibility and Governance;
13: The Role of International and Multilateral Institutions in Financial Law Reform;
Part 4: Early Perceptions of Legal Risk;
14: A Landmark Case and its Aftermath;
15: A Case of Conceptual Impossibility;
16: Settling Differences;
Part 5: Characteristics of Legal Risk;
17: Definition;
18: Sources of Legal Risk;
19: Causation;
Part 6: Examples of Legal Risk;
20: Property Interests in Indirectly Held Investment Securities;
21: Vague Laws;
22: Recharacterization;
Part 7: Legal Risk Management;
23: The Essentials of Legal Risk Management;
24: Lawyers' Responsibility for the Management of Legal Risk;
Part 8: Conclusions;
25: A 'Risk-based Approach' to Law;
Appendices.

ISBN: 9780199575916

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Financial Services Industry - Law & Llegislation2. Financial Institutions - Corporate Governance - Law & Legislation.3. Securities - Globalization

Dewey Class. No.: 346.06646 / MCC