In The Financial Courts, Jo Braithwaite analyses thirty years of cases involving the global derivatives markets, exploring the nature of these legal disputes and assessing their impact on financial markets and on commercial law more broadly. Weaving together this substantial body of cases with theoretical insights drawn from the growing literature on the internationalisation of financial law, Braithwaite offers readers a detailed and highly original contribution to the debate about the role of private law in international financial markets. This important work should be read by lawyers, economists and regulators in the field.
A wide-ranging study of derivatives market litigation that will be of interest to private lawyers, financial law specialists, practitioners, regulators and economists. Braithwaite engages with the diverse legal and financial issues emerging from this substantial body of litigation in a clear, authoritative and accessible way.
