International and comparative bank regulation
The regulation of banks used to be an important but obscure area of law. All of that change in 2008 with the Global Financial Crisis. Suddenly attention was drawn to the way banks were regulated. In this course we investigate what bank regulation is, what it seeks to achieve and why bank regulation needs to differ from the regulation of other types of businesses. We look in detail at the nature of bank regulation and its objectives as well as the implications of decisions around regulatory systems. Having thought about these fundamental problems we can then move on to another issue – the international nature of banking and case studies and solutions related to this complex area. The aim of this course is to provide you with the basic tools to enable you to understand this interesting and exciting area of law.