Comparative Banking Law

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Author

Kurbatov, Aleksey J.

Delivered at:

School of Private Law (Faculty of Law)

Course type:

Elective course

When:

4 year, 2 module

Instructor

Vishnevskiy, Aleksander

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course aims to describe the main segments of modern banking law in a comparative perspective, therefore it covers the fundamentals of modern banking regulations in international, regional and national levels, as well as private – contract regulations of the main bening transactions.

Learning Objectives

• The objective of the course is to familiarize the students with modern banking regulation both at national and international levels, including soft law of international bodies (Basel Committee, IADI and others), EU Directives, national banking laws of selected countries; contracts involved in banking transactions, bank customer (consumer) protection.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Gains professional understanding of regulatory (registration, licensing, reporting, competition, etc.) rules and requirements with regard to banking activities;
• Gains professional understanding of the customer protection and alternative dispute resolution schemes in banking;
• Gains professional understanding of the legal status of credit institutions, their managing bodies and shareholders;
• Gains professional understanding of the legal status of regulatory bodies in modern banking;
• Gains professional understanding of the main rules regulating banking transactions;
• Gains professional understanding of the main sources and institutions of modern banking law;

Course Contents

• 1. General Features of Modern Banking Law
• 2. Credit Institutions in Modern Banking Law
• 3. Bank and Client.
• 4. Regulation and Supervision over the Banking Activities
• 5. Banking services: deposit-taking, loans and payments.
• 6. Islamic Banking in modern banking world.

Assessment Elements

• Participation and working on the seminars (including cases decisions)
• Written essays

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.3 * Participation and working on the seminars (including cases decisions) + 0.7 * Written essays

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Ellinger's modern banking law, Ellinger, E. P., 2002

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Diamanta Sojeva. (2018). Similarities and Differences between the Credit Contract and the Loan Contract in the Banking Law. Acta Universitatis Danubius: Juridica, (2), 25. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsdoj&AN=edsdoj.53c41606fe864695a3763fae46c29124

Authors

• Vishnevskii ALEKSANDR ALEKSANDROVICH
• Луговая Лилия Михайловна