The law on financial derivatives / Alistair Hudson.

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2006.

4th ed.

26356

Derivative securities -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.

1. Introduction --2. The products --3. Standard market documentation --4. Structuring derivatives contracts --5. The creation of derivatives contracts --6. The validity of derivatives contracts --7. Liability in selling financial derivatives --8. Performance of financial derivatives contracts --9. Termination of financial derivatives contracts --10. Conflict of laws --11. Taking security in financial derivatives contracts --12. Collateral and standard credit support agreements --13. Set-off and netting --14. Taxation of financial derivatives --15. Regulation of financial derivatives.

The book considers the main issues of law relating to financial derivatives, including documentation issues relating to over-the-counter derivatives, as well as the regulation and taxation of financial derivatives. The main sections updated since the last edition relate to taking security, collaterisation, set-off, taxation and regulation, recovery of payments, and an extensive review of the conflicts of law section.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780421903609

lxxv, 773 p.