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030174 KU International Banking and Financial Law (2021S)

Cross-border Financial Transactions and Global Financial Regulation

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 200 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 09.03. 09:00 - 10:00 Digital (Kickoff Class)
  • Friday 19.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 26.03. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 16.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 23.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 30.04. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 07.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 14.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 21.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 28.05. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 04.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 11.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Friday 18.06. 10:00 - 12:00 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The goal of this class is to familiarise students with the legal and economic problems of cross-border financial transactions and their repercussions on the stability of global financial markets.
We will study typical financial transactions, such as asset securitizations, credit default swaps or repurchase agreements (repos), as well as new financial products, such as cryptocurrencies, in order to understand their functions, economic importance and legal problems. We will then discuss the regulatory reactions to these phenomena. We will also look at the difficulties caused by multiple, overlapping rules originating from different legislators and regulators.
All classes will be held in English. Students will be assigned a reading before each class. This could be an article or a court decision. Students will receive a manuscript to review the class and prepare for the exam.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students will be assessed on the basis of a written exam and on the basis of their participation during the class, weighted 70% for the written exam and 30% for oral participation. In the written exam, unmodified legal texts will be permitted.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The successful candidate must demonstrate a familiarity with the practice and regulation of global finance. The exam will consist of a series of questions that have to be answered in essay format.

Examination topics

The grades will be based on the comprehensiveness, soundness and accuracy of the student’s answers.
Only topics discussed in the class will be examined.

Reading list

Armour, Awrey, Davies, Enriques, Gordon, Mayer and Payne, Principles of Financial
Regulation, OUP 2016.
Avgouleas, Governance of Global Financial Markets: The Law, the Economics, the
Politics, Cambridge University Press 2012.
Berger, Molyneux and Wilson, The Oxford Handbook of Banking, 3rd ed., OUP 2019.
Blair, Walker and Willey, Financial Markets and Exchanges Law, 2nd ed., OUP 2012.
Dalhuisen, Transnational Comparative, Commercial, Financial and Trade Law
Volume 3: Financial Products, Financial Services and Financial Regulation, 6th
ed., Hart 2016.
Davies and Green, Global Financial Regulation: the Essential Guide, 2nd ed., Polity
2008.
Faber and Vermunt, (eds.) Bank Failure: Lessons from Lehman Brothers, OUP 2017.
Ferran et al., The Regulatory Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, Cambridge
University Press 2012.
Goode, Kronke and McKendrick, Transnational Commercial Law: Text, Cases and
Materials, 2nd ed., OUP 2015.
Haynes, Financial Services Law Guide, 4th ed., Bloomsbury 2014.
Hudson, The Law of Finance, 2nd ed., Sweet and Maxwell 2013.
McKnight, Paterson, & Zakrzewski, Law of International Finance, 2nd ed., OUP, 2017.
Moloney, Ferran, and Payne (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Financial Regulation,
OUP 2015.
Scott and Gelpern, International Finance Transactions, Policy, and Regulation, 22nd
ed., Foundation Press 2018.
Veil (ed.), European Capital Markets Law, 2nd ed., Hart 2017.
Walker and Purves (eds.), Financial Services Law, 4th ed., OUP 2018.
Wymeersch, Hopt and Ferrarini (eds.) Financial Regulation and Supervision, OUP
2012.

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