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BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICESGOODE ON LEGAL PROBLEMSOF CREDIT AND SECURITY4TH EDITIONProfessor Sir Roy Goode, QCEdited and updated by Louise GulliferThis work provides a penetrating explanationof the law and regulation of credit and security.Regularly cited in courts and in legal literature,it explores the fundamental concepts ofcommon law and equity as they affect securedtransactions.• Outlines the different forms that credit andsecurity can take• Explains accurately how underlying principlesapply to different transactions• Explains key concepts such as attachment,set-off, fixed and floating charges• Covers all the relevant recent case law,including the Spectrum and Leyland DAFdecisions• Considers developments in the insolvencyrules• Examines legislative developments such asthe Consumer Credit Act 2006 and EUDirectivesJURISDICTION: United KingdomOct-2008 978 1 847 03578 3Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 275030Hardback £115.00/€147.00GOODE ON PAYMENTOBLIGATIONS IN COMMERCIALAND FINANCIALTRANSACTIONS2ND EDITIONProfessor Sir Roy Goode, QCEdited and updated by Charles ProctorThis work provides a lucid analysis of the legalprinciples underlying payment obligations infinancial transactions. It offers new insights intofamiliar problems by rigorous analysis ofunderlying legal principles.• Analyses the key concepts of money, payment,obligation to pay, the right to payment,stipulations regarding time and interest• Discusses important areas such as compoundinterest, payment to an agent, recovery ofexchange rate losses and foreign illegality• Considers international inter-bank transfersand foreign money obligations• Looks at e-money and payment by card• Examines anti-money laundering proceduresand legislation• Provides a comparative approach tointernational issues via materials fromCommonwealth and US jurisdictionsJURISDICTION: United KingdomApr-2009 978 0 421 40280 5Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 15625Hardback £85.00/€108.00HEDGE FUNDS AND THE LAWPeter Astleford and Dick FraseHedge Funds and the Law provides acomprehensive guide to all the legal, regulatoryand tax matters that need to be consideredwhen setting up and operating hedge funds. Itexamines the legal regime for funds in the UK,US, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Spain, Italy,Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.• Considers fund structuring, fund managementand fund marketing• Discusses fundraising and the differentinvestor groups• Deals with the dissolution of hedge funds• Discusses the impact of current marketproblems• Compares regulatory initiatives in the USand EU• Looks to the future, and the likelyimplications of further regulationJURISDICTION: United Kingdom, European Union,United States, AsiaNov-2009 978 0 414 04137 0Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 348597Hardback, 466 pp £205.00/€261.00INTERNATIONALFINANCELAW AND REGULATION3RD EDITIONProfessor Hal S Scott and Anne GelpernNEWEDITION"Professor Hal Scott of Harvard Law Schoolhas distilled his vast knowledge of internationalfinance law into a single, superbly structuredand user-friendly volume." – Journal ofInternational Banking Law and Regulation"An excellent guide to the complex andwide-ranging field of international finance law."– Journal of International Finance Law &RegulationInternational Finance: Law andRegulation provides an up-to-the minuteand highly accessible account of the law andregulation of the global financial system. Itcovers the key areas of banking, securities,derivatives and foreign exchange, as wellas the infrastructure of financial marketsinternationally, including offshore andemerging markets.It focuses on the principles and problemsunderlying these markets rather than beinga step-by-step practice guide. Its analysis issupported by examples taken from themajor financial jurisdictions of the US, EUand Japan to illustrate the law in operation.• Presents an incisive analysis of theinternational financial system• Fully updated to include issues arisingfrom the 2008 credit crisis, includingBasel III, the Eurozone debt crisis, theMiFID II proposals, and changes in UScapital market regulation• Looks at the infrastructure of financialmarkets, including capital adequacy,foreign exchange regimes, paymentsystems, clearance and settlement• Examines the major domestic markets ofthe US, EU and Japan, providing a vitalcross-border perspective• Considers offshore and emerging markets• Contains a new chapter on China• Includes case studies and examplesthroughout to show how the law isapplied in practice• Features a section on controlling thefinancing of terrorismCONTENTS: International aspects of majordomestic markets. Infrastructure of financialmarkets. Instruments and offshore markets.Emerging markets. Fighting terrorism.Jurisdiction: InternationalApr-2012 978 0 414 02420 5Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 565036Hardback c. £200.00/c. €254.008 To order any of these titles international customers please email TLRUKI.intlorders@thomsonreuters.com