AuthorWood, Philip R.
TitleComparative financial law / by Philip R. Wood
Imprint London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2000
Edition Reprinted 2000
Descript xvii, 415 p. ; 26 cm.

CONTENT

Introduction to international financial law -- Criteria for comparative law -- Summary of groups of jurisdictions -- Development of legal systems -- Group 1A: traditional English jurisdictions -- Group 1B: American common law jurisdictions -- Group 2: mixed Romman/common law jurisdictions -- Group 3: Germanic and Scandinavian jurisdictions -- Group 4: Mixed Franco-Latin/Germanic jurisdictions -- Group 5: traditional Franco-Latin jurisdictions -- Group 6: Emerging jurisdictions -- Group 7: Islamic jurisdictions -- Group 8: unallocated jurisdictions -- Choice of law and the Rome convention of 1980 -- Governing law: foreign currency obligations; exchange controls; embargoes -- Governing law: attachments; amalgamations; interest; taxation -- Expropriation -- Judicial jurisdiction -- European judgments convention -- Restrictions on judicial jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction clauses -- Arbitration -- Enforcement of foreign judgments -- Pre-judgment attachments -- Payment systems -- Insolvency risks in payment systems -- Payment clearing houses and central bank payments -- Time of payment -- Liability for incorrect payments and conflict of laws


SUBJECT

  1. International finance -- Law and legislation
  2. International economic relations
  3. Financial

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