Law of financial crime
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| [Please note: this course replaces 'Fraud, corruption and money laundering'] |
| Section A: Insider dealing and market abuse |
| · The sources of the law on insider dealing |
| · The EC context of market abuse: insider dealing and market abuse |
· The purpose of the law on insider dealing, and whether or not insider dealing ought to be
criminalised |
| · Insider dealing offences under Part V of the Criminal Justice Act 1993 |
| · The power of regulators |
| · Market abuse regulation |
| Section B: Fraud and market manipulation |
| · The development of the criminal law of fraud |
| · The economic and historical context of the law on abusive practices |
| · Market manipulation offences |
| · Fraud Act 2006 offences |
| · Theft Act 1968 offences |
| Section C: Money laundering |
| · The purpose of money laundering regulation |
| · The international dimension |
| · The context of money laundering regulation |
| · Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 offences |
| · Terrorism Act 2000 offences |
| · Money Laundering Regulations 2007 |
| · The efficacy of money laundering regulation Civil recovery |
| Section D: The nature of the law on financial crime |
| · The sources of the law on financial crime |
| · The objectives of the law on financial crime |
| · The economic and historical context of the law on corruption |
| · The role of information and transparency in financial criminal law |
| · The EC Market Abuse Directive |
| · The role of the regulators in prosecuting criminal offences |
| · The role of criminal law in supporting financial regulation in the UK |
| · Other criminal offences under Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 |
| · The underlying objectives of the criminal law in relation to finance |
| · Civil recovery |
Sequence:
Section A, B and C must be completed before Section D. |
Textbooks:
Alastair Hudson Law of Finance. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2009) ISBN: 9780421947306
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For Sections C and D of the course only:
Peter Alldridge, Money Laundering Law (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2003), ISBN: 9781841132648 |
