Content:
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