Banking Law

By (author) Arora Anu
Description
Exploring all aspects of domestic, European and international laws and regulation, Banking Law is essential reading for students and practitioners alike. From examining the academic debates, policy considerations and practical influences underpinning the regulations, this text offers you a truly socio-economic and contextual approach to a subject which impacts on the daily lives of people worldwide.
Table of contents
Chapter 1 - What is money? Chapter 2 - The role of the City of London as a financial centre and the international financial institutions Chapter 3 - The corporate governance failings in financial institutions and directors legal liability Chapter 4 - UK response to the credit crisis Chapter 5 - Bank regulation and supervision Chapter 6 - The banker and customer relationship and the unfair terms in banking contracts Chapter 7 - Duties arising under the banker and customer relationship Chapter 8 - The bank as the fiduciary Chapter 9 - The nature of the overdrawn account and the bank’s self-help remedies Chapter 10 - Bills of exchange Chapter 11 - Cheques as negotiable instruments Chapter 12 - Third party rights: wrongful dealings and liability Chapter 13 - Money laundering Chapter 14 - Nature and type of electronic funds transfers systems Chapter 15 - Plastic money Chapter 16 - Overdrafts and bank loans Chapter 17 - Recovery of money paid by mistake Chapter 18 - Securities for bank borrowing
Biographical note
Anu Arora is a Professor at the University of Liverpool. She has written extensively in the area of banking law and is widely published in a range of academic journals, with research typically focusing on banking regulation, the bank/customer relationship, commercial letters of credit and some aspects of company law. In addition, she is the author of ‘Corporate banking law’, published by the Institute of Financial Services and the banking law subject area editor for the Journal of Business Law.
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‘This is going to be an excellent addition to the banking law textbook market.’ Clare Chambers-Jones, University of the West of England   ‘Accessible though rigorous, setting out the black letter law in a social, political and economic context.’ Richard Alexander, SOAS, University of London   ‘This book is concise and covers the relevant topics which are normally prescribed in an LLB module.  It is focussed on theory and the relevant case law and serves the purpose of a good textbook without daunting detail. I shall recommend it as essential reading.’ M. Shabir Korotana, Brunel University     Exploring all aspects of domestic, European and international laws and regulation, Banking Law is essential reading for students and practitioners alike. From examining the academic debates, policy considerations and practical influences underpinning the regulations, this text offers you a truly socio-economic and contextual approach to a subject which impacts on the daily lives of people worldwide.   Written by a leading academic in the field, this text looks to explore this constantly evolving subject in depth, following the developments since the 2007 financial crisis. This contemporary textbook: - highlights how banking law works in practice by analysing high-profile cases including the Northern Rock collapse and the effect of unregulated traders amongst many others - includes extracts from key legislation and cases that you’ll need to be aware of during your studies - helps you explore the subject further with annotated further reading   About the author Anu Arora is a Professor at the University of Liverpool. She has written extensively in the area of banking law and is widely published in a range of academic journals, with research typically focusing on banking regulation, the bank/customer relationship, commercial letters of credit and some asp