The widespread liberalization of international financial flows followed the end of the Bretton Woods system of fixed parities among the world’s major currencies. The trend toward openness has accelerated in the 1980’s and 1990’s and liberalization is now spreading rapidly to emerging...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Managing Systemic Risk: The Rationale for International Financial Regulation -- 2. Global Governance and International Standard Setting -- 3. The International Legal Framework for International Financial Regulation -- 4. International Soft Law and the...