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Competition law and LIBOR in three jurisdictions: The United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union (2017)
Book Chapter
Ball, R. (2018). Competition law and LIBOR in three jurisdictions: The United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union. In N. Ryder (Ed.), White Collar Crime and Risk: Financial Crime, Corruption and the Financial Crisis (163-200). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47384-4_7

The London Interbank Offered Rate, better known as LIBOR, has ridden turbulent times over the last decade. Major banks, either through the collusion of individual traders operating on a discrete basis or on the instructions from more senior personnel... Read More about Competition law and LIBOR in three jurisdictions: The United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

The financial crisis and mortgage fraud: The unforeseen circumstances of the war on terrorism and the financial war on terrorism, a critical reflection (2017)
Book Chapter
Ryder, N. (2018). The financial crisis and mortgage fraud: The unforeseen circumstances of the war on terrorism and the financial war on terrorism, a critical reflection. In N. Ryder (Ed.), White Collar Crime and Risk: Financial Crime, Corruption and the Financial Crisis (317-348). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47384-4_12

The article illustrates how the instigation of the ‘War on Terrorism’ and the ‘Financial War on Terrorism’ had a catastrophic impact on the ability of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to tackle mortgage fraud that was associated with the 2007/2008... Read More about The financial crisis and mortgage fraud: The unforeseen circumstances of the war on terrorism and the financial war on terrorism, a critical reflection.

Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCs) and environmental protection in jus post bellum: Policy and regulatory challenges (2017)
Book Chapter
Das, O., & Kellay, A. (2017). Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCs) and environmental protection in jus post bellum: Policy and regulatory challenges. In C. Stahn, J. Iverson, & J. Easterday (Eds.), Environmental Protection and Transitions from Conflict to Peace. Oxford: Oxford University Press

A challenge to environmental protection and the jus post bellum framework is the rise in Private Security Companies and other Private Security Service Providers (PSCs). The marked increase in the outsourcing of vast amount of operational and logistic... Read More about Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCs) and environmental protection in jus post bellum: Policy and regulatory challenges.

Conducting international consumer research with children: Challenges and potential solutions (2017)
Book Chapter
Lowry, T., Chaplin, L., Nairn, A., Gentina, E., Zawadzka, A., Bakir, A., …Spotswood, F. (2017). Conducting international consumer research with children: Challenges and potential solutions. In M. Solomon, & T. Lowry (Eds.), Conducting International Consumer Research with Children. Routledge

This chapter discusses challenges faced when doing cross-cultural research with children, along with suggested solutions to these challenges. The inspiration for this chapter stems from an ongoing international public policy research project underway... Read More about Conducting international consumer research with children: Challenges and potential solutions.

State owned oil companies, North–South and South–South perspectives on investment (2017)
Book Chapter
Blanco, E. (2017). State owned oil companies, North–South and South–South perspectives on investment. In J. Razzaque, A. Shawkat, & J. H. Bhuiyan (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability (203-234). Abbingdon, Oxon, UK: Routledge

This chapter examines MNCs’ relationship with home and host states in the course of resource extraction. It begins by looking at the early extractive imperial companies from a North–South perspective and tries to contextualize the lasting legacy of c... Read More about State owned oil companies, North–South and South–South perspectives on investment.

Natural resources, conflict and investment: Conflict minerals in the democratic republic of Congo and the challenges to sustainable investment (2017)
Book Chapter
Das, O. (2017). Natural resources, conflict and investment: Conflict minerals in the democratic republic of Congo and the challenges to sustainable investment. In S. Alam, J. H. Bhuiyan, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability. Routledge

‘Since 1990, at least 18 violent conflicts have been fuelled by the exploitation of natural resources such as timber, minerals, oil and gas. Sometimes this is caused by environmental damage and the marginalization of local populations who fail to be... Read More about Natural resources, conflict and investment: Conflict minerals in the democratic republic of Congo and the challenges to sustainable investment.

The 2008 financial crisis and financial crime - a critial analysis of the response in the United States of America (2017)
Book Chapter
Ryder, N. (2017). The 2008 financial crisis and financial crime - a critial analysis of the response in the United States of America. In P. van Duyne, J. Harvey, G. Antonopoulos, & K. von Lampe (Eds.), The Many Faces of Crime for Profit and Ways of Tracking it (113-135). The Netherlands: Wolf Legal Publishers

The purpose of this chapter is to critically reflect on the response in the United States towards financial crime originating from the 2008 financial crisis. The chapter briefly outlines the responses to the financial crisis introduced by President... Read More about The 2008 financial crisis and financial crime - a critial analysis of the response in the United States of America.

Exploring accountability in bribery and corruption disclosures by UK listed defence companies (2017)
Book Chapter
Chambers-Jones, C., & Day, R. (2017). Exploring accountability in bribery and corruption disclosures by UK listed defence companies. In J. Baldauf, & S. Graschitz (Eds.), Theorie und Praxis aus Rechnungswesen und Wirtschaftsprüfung - Nationale und Internationale Entwicklungen - Festschrift für Univ.-Prof Dr Rudolf Steckel (123-138). Germany: LexisNexis

The aim of this chapter is to examine the bribery and corruption disclosure statements of all companies in the Defence Industry classification of the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The particular motivation for the research arises from fou... Read More about Exploring accountability in bribery and corruption disclosures by UK listed defence companies.

The FCA: Protecting consumers of the consumer credit market in the wake of the global financial crisis (2017)
Book Chapter
Jasinski, D. A. (2017). The FCA: Protecting consumers of the consumer credit market in the wake of the global financial crisis. In J. Tucker, U. Turksen, & N. Ryder (Eds.), The Financial Crisis and White Collar Crime - Legislative and Policy Responses: A Critical Assessment. Routledge

This chapter explores the extent to which the Financial Conduct Authority's early approach to regulating the consumer credit market provides an indication as to whether consumers will be better protected under the FCA regulation when compared with ap... Read More about The FCA: Protecting consumers of the consumer credit market in the wake of the global financial crisis.

The rise and decline of criminal legal aid in England and Wales (2017)
Book Chapter
Smith, T., & Cape, E. (2017). The rise and decline of criminal legal aid in England and Wales. In A. Flynn, & J. Hodgson (Eds.), Access to Justice and Legal Aid: Comparative Perspectives on Unmet Legal Need (63-86). (1). Hart Publishing

In this chapter we argue, with regret, that the prospects for criminal legal aid in England and Wales are bleak. We begin by tracing the development of the modern system of criminal legal aid, from its inception as an essential element of the welfare... Read More about The rise and decline of criminal legal aid in England and Wales.

High cost short term credit in the new UK market place (2017)
Book Chapter
Ryder, N. (2017). High cost short term credit in the new UK market place. In A. K. Aldohni (Ed.), Law and Finance after the Financial Crisis: The Untold Stories of the UK Financial Market (50-78). Routledge

This chapter examines the sector of high cost short term credit that long existed in the UK market. However, the chapter argues that the proliferation of this sector over the last six/seven years is one of the main manifestations of the 2008 financia... Read More about High cost short term credit in the new UK market place.

Sustainable agricultural investment and the global south (2017)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., & Le, P. (2017). Sustainable agricultural investment and the global south. In S. Alam, J. H. Bhuiyan, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability (263-286). Routledge

In this age of economic globalisation, the agricultural sector requires more investment to meet the global need for food and fuel security, and greater development needs in rural areas in the global South. However, a sharp increase in land acquisitio... Read More about Sustainable agricultural investment and the global south.

Toxic ships, environmental crimes, and the North-South discourse (2017)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2017). Toxic ships, environmental crimes, and the North-South discourse. In T. Bergin, & E. Orlando (Eds.), Forging a Socio-Legal Approach to Environmental Harms: Global Perspectives (154-182). Routledge

Notwithstanding the presence of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the movement of hazardous waste has grown globally in the form of dumping of toxic and electronic waste, relocation... Read More about Toxic ships, environmental crimes, and the North-South discourse.

International natural resources law and sustainable investment: Principles and practices (2017)
Book Chapter
Alam, S., Jahid, B., & Razzaque, J. (2017). International natural resources law and sustainable investment: Principles and practices. In J. Razzaque, J. Bhuyian, & S. Alam (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability (15-44). Routledge

The authors argue that sustainable development and growth can be achieved by governments, but only through careful management of natural resources. The authors also argue that foreign investment is, perhaps paradoxically, increasingly perceived as a... Read More about International natural resources law and sustainable investment: Principles and practices.