International Monetary and Financial Law

Coverage by world-leading practitioners and academics on financial law from Europe, USA, South America and South Africa, from inside the banking community High level analysis of the reform of the supervision and regulation of banks Topical coverage of financial crisis resolution Discussion of illustrative examples and consideration of the Federal Reserve's response to the crisis This new book from MOCOMILA, the Monetary Law Committee of the ILA, is a unique collaboration of the top academic and practitioner monetary and financial lawyers from around the world. It examines current legal issues of international monetary and financial law in the light of the current global financial crisis and consequent reforms of international and domestic financial architecture. The book deals with post-crisis financial regulation and supervision, including that of rating agencies and sovereign wealth funds, and financial crisis resolution with an analysis of bank rescue operations. Covering matters of current interest such as central banks, international payments, money laundering, and sovereign debt, this book is for banking and financial practitioners, in-house lawyers, central banks and international financial institutions as well as academics in the field of international and financial law.Readership: The primary market would be amongst banking and finance solicitors and barristers, in-house legal departments, central banks and international financial institutions as well as academics in the field of international and financial law. Edited by Mario Giovanoli, Professor Giovanoli is Emeritus Professor at the University of Lausanne and a member of MOCOMILA, and Diego Devos, Diego Devos is General Counsel of the Bank for International Settlements and a member of MOCOMILA.Contributors: Adesegun Akin-Olugbade, Africa Finance Corporation, Lagos Thomas C. Baxter Jr. , Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Hon. Mr Justice Blair, the Royal Courts of Justice, London Diego Devos, Bank for International Settlements Sandeep Dhama, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP Rudolf Dolzer, University of Bonn Klaus Peter Follak, Wa: An Institutional Theory of Money 26: Rudolf Dolzer: Transfer of Funds: Investment Rules and their Relationship to Other International Agreements 27: Benjamin Geva: Global and Cross-Border Credit Transfers: The Role of Legislation in Addressing Legal Risk for Participants 28: Charles Proctor: Indexation and Value Clauses