This new edition of Principles of Banking Law provides a clear, up-to-date and comprehensive account of the subject, incorporating all significant changes in banking law, regulation and practice that have occurred since the publication of the first edition in 1997. It offers full coverage of all Domestic and International Banking Law topics. Written by a leading figure in the field, this book offers a fresh yet authoritative approach to the subject that renders it a key resource for all those studying Banking or Financial Services Law.

1. PART I: BANKS, BANKING, AND BANK REGULATIONBanking and Bank Organizations 2. Interbank Networks 3. Bank Regulation 4. Central Banking 5. PART II: BANKS AND THEIR CUSTOMERSThe Banker-Customer Relationship 6. The Duty of Confidentiality 7. Advisory and Transactional Liability 8. PART III: PAYMENT AND PAYMENT SYSTEMSPrinciples of Payment 9. Payment Methods 10. Settlement, Clearing, and Netting PART IV: BANKS AND FINANCE 11. Lending 12. Banks and the Capital Markets 13. Loan Sales and Securitization 14. Trade Finance 15. Security 16. PART V: THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONInternational 17. Cross-Border Banking

QC Ross Cranston , MP for Dudley North and Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics