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Author:   E.P. Ellinger (Professor of Law, the National University of Singapore, Singapore) ,  Eva Lomnicka (Professor of Law, King's College, London, UK) ,  C. Hare (Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   5th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.70cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.389kg
ISBN:  

9780199232093

ISBN 10:   0199232091
Pages:   1058
Publication Date:   21 July 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9780199281190
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part I BANKS AND BANKING BUSINESS 1: The structure of the British banking world 2: The control of banking activities in the United Kingdom 3: Legal definition and privileges of banks 4: Money laundering and the financing of terrorism 5: The bank and its customers Part II THE BANK AS MONETARY AGENCY IN DOMESTIC TRANSACTIONS 6: The bank's role as a depository 7: The current account 8: Special types of account 9: Interest-bearing accounts 10: The bank as paymaster: negotiable instruments (including cheques) 11: The paying bank 12: Recovery of money paid by mistake 13: The giro system and electronic transfer of funds 14: Payment cards 15: The bank's role in collecting cheques 16: Incidental services performed by banks Part III THE BANK AS FINANCIER AND LENDER IN DOMESTIC TRANSACTIONS 17: Current account financing and loans 18: Securities for bankers' advances: the general part 19: Proprietary securities 20: Possessory securities 21: Security interests in choses in action 22: Guarantees

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Peter Ellinger is a Professor Emeritus of the National University of Singapore. Previously, he held chairs of law at the Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) and at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Professor Ellinger has specialised in commercial law with particular emphasis on banking law and has published a number of books on the subject as well as chapters in Benjamin's Sale of Goods, Chitty on Contracts and the recently published chapter on Negotiable Instruments in Vo. IX of the Encyclopedia of Comparative Law. Eva Lomnicka is Professor of Law at King's College London and a practising barrister at Four New Square Chambers. She is co-editor of Sweet and Maxwell's Encyclopedia of Consumer Credit and Encyclopaedia of Financial Services Law and advises on regulatory issues arising under credit and hire agreements. She was on the DTI's Consumer Credit Steering Group which led to the Consumer Credit Act 2006 and was an expert on the UK's delegation to UNCITRAL's Convention on Receivables Financing (Vienna and New York: 1997-2001). Christopher Hare is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Auckland, teaching and researching in the areas of contract, commercial, and banking law, and international sales and finance. Prior to his departure for New Zealand he practised as a barrister at 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn and was a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. He is currently editor of the New Zealand Law Review and is the New Zealand correspondent for the Banking and Financial Law Review.

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