LAW 7675

Issues in Financial Regulation

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2019-2020 Catalog.

This seminar will seek to introduce students to a broad range of legal and regulatory issues that arise in connection with, and as a result of, financial innovation and increasing globalization of financial markets and institutions. Each semester, this seminar will explore in detail one or more of the key topics currently debated in academic and policy-making circles, which include the nature of risk in the global financial system, origins and resolution of major financial crises, theories of regulation and policy rationales for regulation of financial markets, and alternative approaches to regulatory reform in the financial services sector. Each student will be required to submit a research paper, which will form the basis for the final grade for the course.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: LAW 6461.

When Offered Spring.

Satisfies Requirement Satisfies the writing requirement.

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