Subjects:

Banking and Finance

Contents:

Preface

Lists of map and charts

Introduction

Role of financial law

Key map of jurisdictions

Legal families of the world’

s jurisdiction

American common law jurisdictions

English common law jurisdictions

Napoleonic jurisdictions

Roman-Germanic jurisdictions

Mixed civil/common law jurisdictions

Islamic jurisdictions

New jurisdictions

Unallocated jurisdictions

Five key indicators of financial law

Other indicators of financial law

Insolvency set-off and netting

Free transferability of contracts and publicity

Security Interests

Trusts in financial law

Insolvency: corporate insolvency rescue laws

Insolvency: avoidance or preferences

State insolvency

Regulation of international finance

International consensus in other areas of law

Harmonization of financial law

The perfect visual tool for international finance. This volume explains financial law in the world’s jurisdictions by using maps and charts allowing you to see the world position in one glance.

This unique book provides you with the only available series of maps and charts on key subjects in world financial law and practice allowing you to easily understand, explain and analyse information from each jurisdiction.

• The 1st - 5th editions were published by Allen & Overy LLP
• Explains financial law in the world’s jurisdictions by using maps and charts allowing you to see the world position in one glance
• Uses colours to grade the approach of the world’s jurisdictions to particular topics providing a unique and revolutionary method of distilling world financial law in a striking way
• Enables you to clearly see which jurisdictions have factors in common and allows you to analyse the information easily
• Introduces a new set of criteria for a taxonomy or classification of legal systems using full colour maps and charts so that you can find your way around the world's jurisdictions
• Gives you summaries and explanations of each topic before the full colour maps and charts ensuring you fully understand the information shown
• It complements The Law and Practice of International Finance Series, visually explaining the concepts and their application