Book description
In this era of late-modern capitalism the forces of internationalisation and technological innovation
are transforming both global and national economies. A key feature of these transformation
processes is the increasing strategic economic, political and social importance of the financial
services sector to nation states and trading blocs. The increasing size and volatility of the world's
financial markets underline the importance of better understanding:
* how financial markets work;
* how they should be regulated; and
* the significance of the problem of white collar crime in the financial services sector.
Regulating the Financial Services Sector addresses these key questions through a synthesis of legal, historical and sociological approaches in its critique of financial services
regulation. This strategy integrates perspectives based in structuration theory, censure theory,
modernity theory and the literature on legitimacy in its analysis of the actors, structures and
processes that construct regulation and deviancy in the financial services sector.
Based on a detailed analysis of regulation in the UK, the book examines the global and national forces and processes
which interact to produce systems of financial services regulation. The UK regulatory system is
contrasted with those of other jurisdictions, in particular the US, demonstrating the role of national
and cultural factors in shaping such systems. This work will be of specific interest to financial
services professionals, corporate lawyers, regulators and academics.
About the author
Dr George Gilligan is a Logan Research Fellow an criminologist in the
Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash University.
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