Guide last updated by Katherine Read, October 2024
This guide was created by Katherine Read, Principal Library Assistant at the IALS Library.
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This guide aims to give a brief introduction to the Library's holdings on Banking and Financial Law. Please consult Library Search for complete information on current titles and locations. If you require further assistance please contact us.
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This Subject Guide only lists a selection of Library resources on Banking and Financial Law. To find additional resources you will need to search Library Search, which covers the complete holdings of the Library. It is possible to search for books, journals and series of law reports by author, title or keyword.
IALS Library is mainly open access and readers are able to browse the shelves in the main collection. There are two main exceptions to this:
Please request these at the Library Enquiry Desk.
For more information on understanding the catalogue record and further guidance on the location of materials please refer to our guide Classmarks and the Location of Resources in the Library.
The Library classifies textbooks either by jurisdiction (GO13, GA2 etc.) or according to subject area, examples of which include Comparative Law (SB), Public International Law (SG) and Private International Law/ Conflict of Laws (SH). All classmark sections have a FOL section for oversize volumes, which is located on the same floor of the Library.
When you are searching Library Search for books, please note that only the current edition is held on the open shelves or in the Short Loan collection. IALS has a rich collection of previous editions held in the closed basement and these will display a Depository number on the catalogue. Please request previous editions from the Issue & Enquiry Desk.
Common law banking and financial law material is shelved at SJ125
Comparative banking and financial law material is shelved at SB40
International banking and financial law material is shelved at SG75
EU Banking and financial law material is shelved at GO1.A1.D.2
The following list represents a selection of textbooks on banking and financial law. Please follow the links to Library Search for further information and location. Titles are available in both print and electronic formats, unless indicated otherwise on the list below.
Alexander, K. & Dhumale, R. Research handbook on international financial regulation 2012 Elgar
Alexander, K & Moloney, N. ed. Law reform and financial markets 2011 Elgar
Barr, M. Financial regulation: law and policy 2nd ed. 2018 (print only)
Blair, M. ed. Blackstone’s guide to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 2nd ed. 2009 (print only)
Blair, M & Walker, G. Financial services law 3rd ed. 2018 OUP
Blair, M & Walker, G. Financial markets and exchanges law 3rd ed. 2021 OUP
Blair, W. & Brent, M. Banks and financial crime: the international law of tainted money 2017 OUP
Colaert, V. and others European financial regulation: levelling the cross-sector playing field 2019 Bloomsbury (online only)
Cranston, R. Principles of banking law 3rd ed. 2017 (print only)
Dalhuisen, J. Dalhuisen on transnational comparative commercial financial and trade law 8th ed. 2022 (6 vols.)
Ellinger, E et al. Modern banking law 5th ed. 2011 (print only)
Faia, E. and others Financial regulation: a transatlantic perspective 2015 (online only)
Fletcher, I.F. Law of insolvency 5th ed. 2017 (print only)
Gilmore, W. Dirty money: the evolution of international measures to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorism 4th ed. 2011 (print only)
Goode, R. & Gullifer, L. Goode and Gullifer on legal problems of credit and security 7th ed. 2023 (print only)
Henderson, S. Henderson on derivatives 2nd ed. 2010 (print only)
Hudson, A. Law on financial derivatives 6th ed. 2018 (print only)
Lightman, G. & Moss, G. Law of administrators and receivers of companies 6th ed. 2017 (print only)
Lastra, R.M ed. International financial and monetary law 2nd ed. 2015
Lomnicka, E. & Powell, J. Encyclopedia of financial services law 1987- (2017- updates via Westlaw)
Macneil, I. Introduction to the law on financial investment 2nd ed. 2012 (print only)
McCormick, R. & Stears, C. Legal and conduct risk in the financial markets 2018
McKnight et al. McKnight, Paterson & Zakrzewski on the law of international finance 2nd ed. 2017 (online only)
Moloney, N. EU securities and financial markets regulation 4th ed. 2023
Murray, C. Schmitthoff: law and practice of international trade 12th ed. 2012 (print only)
Neate, F. & Godfrey, G. Neate and Godfrey: Bank confidentiality 6th ed. 2015 (print only)
Olivares-Caminal, R. Debt restructuring 3rd ed. 2022
Paget, J. et al. Paget’s law of banking 16th ed. 2023 (print only)
Proctor, C. Law and practice of international banking 2nd ed. 2015
Proctor, C. Mann and Proctor on the law of money 8th ed. 2022
Rider, B.A.K. Market abuse and insider dealing 4th ed. 2022
Rider, B.A.K. Research handbook on international financial crime 2015 Elgar
Roberts, G. Law relating to financial services 8th ed. 2015 (print only)
Schooner, H.M. & Taylor, M. Global bank regulation: principles and policies 2010
Scott, Hal S. International finance law and regulation 2nd ed. 2008 (print only)
Scott, Hal S. International finance: transaction, policy and regulation 24th ed. 2023 (print only)
Sealy, L.& Milman, D. Annotated guide to the insolvency legislation... 28th ed. 2025
Smith, T. et al. Moss, Fletcher and Isaacs on the EU regulation on insolvency proceedings 4th ed. 2023 (online only)
Svrivastava, A and others International guide to money laundering law and practice 5th ed 2019
Swan, E. & Virgo, J. Market abuse regulation 3rd ed. 2019
Tarullo, D. Banking on Basel: the future of international banking regulation 2008 (print only)
Valdez, S & Molyneux, P. Introduction to global financial markets 8th ed. 2016
Vinter, G. Project finance: a legal guide 4th ed. 2013 (print only)
Wood, P. Regulation of international finance 2nd ed. 2019
Wood, P. Comparative law of security interests and title finance 3rd ed. 2019
Wood, P. Governing law risks in international business transactions 2022
Wood, P. International loans, bonds guarantees, legal opinions 3rd ed. 2019
Wood, P. Project finance, securitisations subordinated debt 3rd ed. 2019
Wood, P. Set-off and netting, derivatives, clearing systems 3rd ed. 2019
Wood, P. Security interests and title finance: jurisdictions of the world 2019
Wood, P. International insolvency: jurisdictions of the world 2019
IALS Library holds a wide selection of current serial titles on banking and financial law from many different jurisdictions. These are located on all floors of the Library. Titles are available in both print and electronic formats, unless indicated otherwise on the list below. For more detailed help, please refer to the guide on Finding journal articles. The following titles focus particularly on banking and financial law but there may be relevant articles in less specialised journals.
Bank for International Settlements. Annual report (print only)
Butterworths journal of international banking and financial law
International company and commercial law review
International financial law review
International trade and business law annual
Journal of international banking law
Journal of international economic law
Revue internationale de droit économique (print only)
If you are interested in legislation or cases concerning banking and financial law issues in specific countries you will need to consult the legislation or law reports for that jurisdiction.
Consult Library Search to find the general classmark for the country you require. Consult consolidations of legislation, digests or indexes to trace particular acts or cases.
Academic users may also use databases like Lexis/Westlaw to find UK, US, EU or international decisions. For further information please refer to Law Databases or ask at the Library Enquiry Desk.
You may also find it useful to refer to our guides on finding Legislation and Cases or check to see if we have a Jurisdiction Research Guide for the country you are interested in.
Eagle-i is an internet portal maintained and updated by IALS library staff. It allows you to search for quality web resources on banking and financial law.
A valuable free source is BAILII, the British and Irish Legal information Institute which is based and maintained at IALS. It provides free access to full text UK judgments and legislation on a wide range of subjects including banking and financial law and also links to other free World Law databases. Jurisdictions covered in these resources include Commonwealth countries eg. AustLII (Australia) and CanLII (Canada), France, Germany, Italy, the USA and South Africa.
The following represent a sample of the available quality individual web resources on Banking and Financial Law.
Bank for International Settlements
European Banking Authority (established Jan 2011)
European Securities and Markets Authority
Legal Framework of the European Central Bank (includes ESCB/ECB legislation in different languages)