Subjects:

Banking and Finance

Contents:

England, William Blair, QC

France, late Chritian Mouly and Pascale Bloch

Germany, Norbert Horn

Italy, Simonetta Cotterli

The Netherlands, Lodewijk J. Hijmans van den Bergh

Spain, Fernando Sanchez Calero

Sweden, Krister Moberg

a United States comparison, Joseph J. Norton

European and global harmonisation of the Law of Banking Transactions, Uwe H. Schneuder

the single European currency

Geoffrey Yeaowart. Appendices: General business conditions-associations of German banks

good banking - the UK code of practice

glossary of terms relating to economic and monetary union.

This text presents a practical analysis of the private law of banking transactions. Rooted in contract, the banker-customer relationship is overlaid with a range of rights and obligations having their derivation in tort, delict, notions of equity, good faith and statute. The book looks at some questions that arise within the banker-customer relationship in various European jurisdictions. What are the nature and consequences of the banker-customer relationship? Is there a duty on banks to advise customers and others about particular dealings and what liability arises if any advice given is wrong? What security can a bank take to protect itself as lender?