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Banking Law

• Contents


• Preface


• Guided tour


• Acknowledgements


• Table of cases


• Table of European legislation


• Tables of equivalences


• Table of UK legislation


• Table of US legislation


• Table of international agreements


• 1 What is money?


• Chapter overview


• Introduction


• The legal nature of money


• History of money


• Banking system: structure and classification


• The UK banking sector


• Banks and the 2008 financial crisis


• Other institutions providing banking services


• Competition in the UK banking sector


• The nature of the banker and customer relationship


• The clearing system and when is payment made?


• Conclusion


• Further reading


• 2 The role of the City of London as a financial centre and the international financial institutions


• Chapter overview


• Introduction


• The role of the City of London


• Expansion of City activity


• The nature of City activities


• Economies of scale


• An international dimension to banking


• An international financial system


• The European institutions


• Effective regulation of cross-border banking institutions


• Some national barriers to the establishment of a global regulator


• Conclusion


• Further reading


• 3 The corporate governance failings in financial institutions and directors? legal liability


• Chapter overview


• Introduction


• What were the failings in corporate governance?


• Why is good governance of banks important?


• The position of depositors as stakeholders


• Failings in bank governance and the duties owed by directors under the Companies Act 2006


• Corporate governance under