Table of Contents

Introduction. Role of financial law. Key map of jurisdictions. Legal families of the world#s jurisdictions. American common law jurisdictions. English common law jurisdictions. Napoleonic jurisdictions. Roman-Germanic jurisdictions. Mixed civil/common law jurisdictions. Islamic jurisdictions. New jurisdictions. Unallocated jurisdictions. Five key indicators of financial law. Other indicators of financial law. Insolvency set-off and netting. Free transferability of contracts and publicity. Security Interests. Trusts in financial law. Insolvency: corporate insolvency rescue laws. Insolvency: avoidance or preferences. State insolvency. Regulation of international finance. International consensus in other areas of law. Harmonization of financial law.