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International Banking Secrecy: Developments In Europe Prompt New Approaches, Richard J. Gagnon Jr.
International Banking Secrecy: Developments In Europe Prompt New Approaches, Richard J. Gagnon Jr.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The frequent connection between banking secrecy and various corrupt political and business practices has drawn considerable attention from non-secrecy states. In Europe, the issue presently is ripe because of the European Community's plans for a unified economy in 1992. This Note begins with a moral and historical examination of banking secrecy. Then, the author reveals the banking practices and legal structures through which banking secrecy is exploited. The author next sets forth the substantive banking secrecy laws of four European states and attempts to surmise the direction of their policies regarding banking secrecy. Next, the author describes past attempts, both …
Book Review, Robert C. Effros
Book Review, Robert C. Effros
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Mr. Crossick and Ms. Lindsay have collaborated to produce an analytical work entitled European Banking Law. The analysis is composed of four main sections: banking, credit, capital movement, and securities. Each section contains a description of the applicable major laws and regulations in the countries of the European Economic Community (EEC) as well as Portugal and Spain, and includes a summary of the relevant EEC directives and their supporting studies. On the whole, the authors' product is successful and useful, particularly in describing the EEC's attempts to accomplish the difficult task of harmonizing and coordinating banking and financial laws within …
Books Received, C. C. S.
Books Received, C. C. S.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
BOOKS RECEIVED
THE EXTENSION OF CORPORATE PERSONALITY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW By David A. Ijalaye
Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications, 1978. Pp. 354.
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN LEGAL ORDER
By John Dugard
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978. Pp. 470.
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INTERNATIONALE BANKEN: AUSLANDSAKTIVITXTEN VON BANKEN BE-DEUTENDER INDUSTRIELANDER
By Ursel Stueber
Hamburg: Verlag Weltarchiv, 1974 (1977 Supplement available). Pp. 204.
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INVESTMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS IN WESTERN EUROPE
By B. T.Mansbach and R. J. Waldman
Washington, D.C.: International Division, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, 1978.
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SECESSION: THE LEGITIMACY OF SELF-DETERMINATION
By Lee C. Buchheit
New Haven, …