* Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law 9th ed

NOT YET PUBLISHED

The 9th edition of the leading work on transnational and comparative commercial and financial law covers a wide range of complex topics in the modern law of international commerce, finance and trade. As a guide for students and practitioners, it has proven to be unrivalled. The work is divided into 6 volumes which can be used independently or as part of the complete set.

• Volume 1 covers the roots and foundations of private law, the different origins, structure, and orientation of civil and common law, and the social and cultural forces behind it
• Volume 2 covers the transnationalisation of dispute resolution, especially arbitration, and contains a critical analysis of the main challenges to its success, continuing credibility, and effectiveness
• Volume 3 deals with the transnationalisation of contract law. It compares common law and civil law concepts, and identifies the different attitudes to protection, risk management, and risk distribution
• Volume 4 deals with movable and intangible property law, addressing the transformation of the models of movable property in commercial and financial transactions
• Volume 5 looks at financial products and financial services, the structure and operation of banking and of the capital markets, and the role of modern commercial and investment banks
• Volume 6 deals with financial regulation of banks and banking activities and products

table of content

Volume 1: The Transnationalisation of Commercial and Financial Law. The New Lex Mercatoria and Its Sources

Part 1: The Emergence of the Modern Lex Mercatoria, its Method, Structure and Antecedents. Civil or Common Law Thinking?

Part 2: The Nature, Status and Function of Private International Law

Part 3: The Substance and Operation of Transnational Commercial and Financial Law or the Modern Lex Mercatoria

 

Volume 2: International Arbitration. The Transnationalisation of Dispute Resolution

Part 1: International Commercial Arbitration

Part 2: International Financial Arbitration

Part 3: Foreign Investment Arbitration

Part 4: The Reasoning of International Arbitrators

 

Volume 3: Transnational Contract Law

Part 1: General

Part 2: Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

Part 3: Contractual Agency

 

Volume 4: Transnational Movable Property Law

Part I: Ownership, Possession and Limited, Future, Conditional or Temporary Proprietary Rights in Chattels and Intangible Assets

Part 2: Negotiable Documents of Title and Negotiable Instruments

Part 3: Investment Securities

 

Volume 5: Financial Products and Services

Part 1: Secured Transactions, Finance Sales and Other Financial Products and Services

Part 2: Financial Products and Funding Techniques. Private, Regulatory and International Aspects

Part 3: Payments, Modern Payment Methods and Systems. Set-off and Netting as Ways of Payment. International Payments. Money Laundering

Part 4: Security Entitlements and Their Transfers through Securities Accounts. Securities Repos

 

Volume 6: Financial Risk, Financial Stability, and the Role of Financial Regulation

Part 1: Financial Services, Financial Service Providers, Financial Risk and Financial Regulation

Part 2: International Aspects of Financial Services Regulation: The Effects of Globalisation and the Autonomy of the International Capital Markets. The Developments in GATT/WTO, the EU and BIS/IOSCO/IAIS

Part 3: The EU Regulations and Directives Concerning the Internal Market in Financial Services: Early Action, the European Passport, the 1998 EU Action Plan for a Single Market in Financial Services, and Further Action Following the 2008 Financial Crisis

Part 4: The European Banking Union

Part 5: Summary, Evaluation and Conclusion