Eilis Ferran is Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL),University of Cambridge, and Reader in Corporate Law and Financial Regulation, University of Cambridge. Charles A E Goodhart CBE, is Deputy Director of the Financial Markets Group and Norman Sosnow Professor of Banking and Finance at the London School of Economics.

I found this a very enjoyable and informative book and immediately ordered it for our law library. I must congratulate the authors and/or editors in managing to avoid serious overlaps between the various contributions. The range of essays is considerableI will certainly be recommending it to my students to dip in to. Alistair Alcock New Law Journal October 2001

• Part 1 General overview: regulating financial services and markets in the 21st century - an overview, Eilis Ferran and Charles A.E. Goodhart; reforming financial regulation - progress and priorities, Howard Davies. Part 2 Objectives and principles: regulatory principles and the financial services and markets act 2000, Colin Mayer; examining the objectives of financial regulation - will the new regime succeed? a practitioner's view, Amelia C. Fawcett; "incentive v. rule-based financial regulations" - a role for market discipline, Rahul Dhumale. Part 3 Regulation of senior management: directors' fiduciary duties and the approved persons regime, Colin Bamford; fiduciary duties, regulation of companies and regulation of individuals, Adam Ridley. Part 4 Discipline, enforcement and human rights: regulatory discipline and the European contention on human rights - a reality check, Daniel F. Waters and Martyn Hopper; holding the balance - effective enforcement, procedural fairness and human rights, Thomas A.G. Beazley. Part 5 Accountability: regulating the regulator -a lawyer's perspective on accountability and control, Alan Page; regulating the regulator - an economist's perspective on accountability and control, Charles A.E. Goodhart; public accountability in the financial sector, Rosa M. Lastra and Heba Shams. Part 6 European regulation: regulating European markets - the harmonization of securities regulation in Europe in the new trading environment, Eddy Wymeersch; the case for a European securities commission, Gilles Thieffry. Part 7 International regulation: new issues in international financial regulation, John Eatwell; the financial stability forum (FSF) - just another acronym?, Andrew G. Haldane; the need for efficient international financial regulation and the role of a global supervisor, Kern Alexander. Part 8 Role of rating agencies: the role of rating agencies in global market regulation, Steven L. Schwarcz; the role of credit rating agencies in the establishment of capital standards for financial institutions in a global economy, Howell E. Jackson. Part 9 Technological change and regulation: the challenge of technology - regulation of electronic financial markets.

Eilis Ferran is Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL),University of Cambridge, and Reader in Corporate Law and Financial Regulation, University of Cambridge. Charles A E Goodhart CBE, is Deputy Director of the Financial Markets Group and Norman Sosnow Professor of Banking and Finance at the London School of Economics.

I found this a very enjoyable and informative book and immediately ordered it for our law library. I must congratulate the authors and/or editors in managing to avoid serious overlaps between the various contributions. The range of essays is considerableI will certainly be recommending it to my students to dip in to. Alistair Alcock New Law Journal October 2001

• Part 1 General overview: regulating financial services and markets in the 21st century - an overview, Eilis Ferran and Charles A.E. Goodhart; reforming financial regulation - progress and priorities, Howard Davies. Part 2 Objectives and principles: regulatory principles and the financial services and markets act 2000, Colin Mayer; examining the objectives of financial regulation - will the new regime succeed? a practitioner's view, Amelia C. Fawcett; "incentive v. rule-based financial regulations" - a role for market discipline, Rahul Dhumale. Part 3 Regulation of senior management: directors' fiduciary duties and the approved persons regime, Colin Bamford; fiduciary duties, regulation of companies and regulation of individuals, Adam Ridley. Part 4 Discipline, enforcement and human rights: regulatory discipline and the European contention on human rights - a reality check, Daniel F. Waters and Martyn Hopper; holding the balance - effective enforcement, procedural fairness and human rights, Thomas A.G. Beazley. Part 5 Accountability: regulating the regulator -a lawyer's perspective on accountability and control, Alan Page; regulating the regulator - an economist's perspective on accountability and control, Charles A.E. Goodhart; public accountability in the financial sector, Rosa M. Lastra and Heba Shams. Part 6 European regulation: regulating European markets - the harmonization of securities regulation in Europe in the new trading environment, Eddy Wymeersch; the case for a European securities commission, Gilles Thieffry. Part 7 International regulation: new issues in international financial regulation, John Eatwell; the financial stability forum (FSF) - just another acronym?, Andrew G. Haldane; the need for efficient international financial regulation and the role of a global supervisor, Kern Alexander. Part 8 Role of rating agencies: the role of rating agencies in global market regulation, Steven L. Schwarcz; the role of credit rating agencies in the establishment of capital standards for financial institutions in a global economy, Howell E. Jackson. Part 9 Technological change and regulation: the challenge of technology - regulation of electronic financial markets.

Eilis Ferran is Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law (3CL),University of Cambridge, and Reader in Corporate Law and Financial Regulation, University of Cambridge. Charles A E Goodhart CBE, is Deputy Director of the Financial Markets Group and Norman Sosnow Professor of Banking and Finance at the London School of Economics.

I found this a very enjoyable and informative book and immediately ordered it for our law library. I must congratulate the authors and/or editors in managing to avoid serious overlaps between the various contributions. The range of essays is considerableI will certainly be recommending it to my students to dip in to. Alistair Alcock New Law Journal October 2001

• Part 1 General overview: regulating financial services and markets in the 21st century - an overview, Eilis Ferran and Charles A.E. Goodhart; reforming financial regulation - progress and priorities, Howard Davies. Part 2 Objectives and principles: regulatory principles and the financial services and markets act 2000, Colin Mayer; examining the objectives of financial regulation - will the new regime succeed? a practitioner's view, Amelia C. Fawcett; "incentive v. rule-based financial regulations" - a role for market discipline, Rahul Dhumale. Part 3 Regulation of senior management: directors' fiduciary duties and the approved persons regime, Colin Bamford; fiduciary duties, regulation of companies and regulation of individuals, Adam Ridley. Part 4 Discipline, enforcement and human rights: regulatory discipline and the European contention on human rights - a reality check, Daniel F. Waters and Martyn Hopper; holding the balance - effective enforcement, procedural fairness and human rights, Thomas A.G. Beazley. Part 5 Accountability: regulating the regulator -a lawyer's perspective on accountability and control, Alan Page; regulating the regulator - an economist's perspective on accountability and control, Charles A.E. Goodhart; public accountability in the financial sector, Rosa M. Lastra and Heba Shams. Part 6 European regulation: regulating European markets - the harmonization of securities regulation in Europe in the new trading environment, Eddy Wymeersch; the case for a European securities commission, Gilles Thieffry. Part 7 International regulation: new issues in international financial regulation, John Eatwell; the financial stability forum (FSF) - just another acronym?, Andrew G. Haldane; the need for efficient international financial regulation and the role of a global supervisor, Kern Alexander. Part 8 Role of rating agencies: the role of rating agencies in global market regulation, Steven L. Schwarcz; the role of credit rating agencies in the establishment of capital standards for financial institutions in a global economy, Howell E. Jackson. Part 9 Technological change and regulation: the challenge of technology - regulation of electronic financial markets.