The financial crisis of 2007-9 revealed serious failings in the regulation of financial institutions and markets, and prompted a fundamental reconsideration of the design of financial regulation. As the financial system has become ever-more complex and interconnected, the pace of evolution...

The issue of whether and how to regulate short selling has been an issue that has vexed regulators for some time. While there are a number of potentially damaging consequences that are said to stem from short selling, there is also evidence that it can have beneficial effects on financial...

Inadequate regulation of the financial system is widely thought to have contributed to the financial crisis. The purpose of the book is to articulate a framework within which financial regulation can be analysed in a coherent and comprehensive fashion. The book's approach is distinctive in...

The development of a single or integrated market in financial services in the EU has been on the agenda for almost fifty years, and was given new impetus by the Lamfalussy report in 2001. The EU has overwhelmingly adopted a regulatory competition rather than a mandatory regulation approach to...

Part I. Financial Systems and Regulation -- The evolution of theory and method in law and finance / Simon Deakin -- Economic development, financial systems, and the law / Colin Mayer -- Financial systems, crises, and regulation / Frank Partnoy -- Part II. The Organization of Financial System...