BANKING LAW
AIMS AND CONTENT
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The course aims to provide students with adequate instruments to understand and critically analyze banking sector from the legal point of view. We will examine banking regulation (with a focus on Italian law but looking also at the European and International levels) with reference, as an example, to the rules about the taking up and pursuit of banking activity, ownership of banks, supervision (e.g. regulatory supervision about governance, risk management, own funds, etc.), crisis management, etc. and regulation pertaining banking contracts (client protection, consumer protection, transparency) also with an overview of the main banking contracts. The above mentioned analysis will take into account the most recent developments and scientific debates within the sector, both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, the course will include seminars, where students will have the opportunity to analyze, under the guidance of the professor but at the same time developing their own research, analysis and presentation skills, the most interesting and relevant to banking law cases. Attendance is particularly recommended to foreign students in order to receive specific support by the professor. The professor is in any case available for questions and other requests. |
Teaching methods
Lessons (with active participation of students) and seminars (with presentations by students).
SYLLABUS/CONTENT
Part I: Introduction and basic notions
Part II: Regulation of banks as special firms
Part III: Regulation of banks as contractual counterparty.
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In the last years, the course has been complemented by seminars addressing practical cases or certain topics deserving special attention to better understand banking regulation, such as: microcredit, peer-to-peer lending, Bitcoin, online banking, Antonveneta, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Carige, Fortis-Dexia, 'four banks' cases, islamic finance, Brexit.
RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Textbook and recommended material will be specified on Aulaweb
TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD
Ricevimento: http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/il-dipartimento/personale/docenti-ad-economia/187-eugenia-macchiavello
Exam Board
EUGENIA MACCHIAVELLO (President)
ANDREA PERICU
MARCO ARATO
LESSONS
Teaching methods
Lessons (with active participation of students) and seminars (with presentations by students).
LESSONS START
1° sem.
19 sept. 2016 - 15 dec. 2016
EXAMS
Exam description
Oral exam but active participation in class and presentations and comments at seminars will be taken into account for the final grade of students regularly attending classes. A mid-term written exam might take place for students regularly attending classes under the condition that students will keep attending other courses during the exam preparation. Students who fail the oral exam can repeat it with no limitations
Assessment methods
Methodology: lessons (with active participation of students) and seminars (with presentations by students).
Oral exam but active participation in class and presentations and comments at seminars will be taken into account for the final grade of students regularly attending classes. A mid-term written exam might take place for students regularly attending classes under the condition that students will keep attending other courses during the exam preparation. Students who fail the oral exam can repeat it with no limitations
FURTHER INFORMATION
attendance recommended but not compulsory