Legal aspects of banking regulation: Common law perspectives from Zambia, livre ebook

The current global economic crisis has highlighted the need for effective regulation of the financial services sector. In this book Kenneth Mwenda investigates the regulation of the banking sector in Zambia. Apart from providing a thorough exposition and critique of the legal aspects of banking regulation in that country, the book serves as an example of the kind of work that needs to be done with respect to banking regulation in other African countries and indeed developing countries in general. As such it is an informative tool to those preoccupied with the supervision of banks and financial institutions, including domestic and international policy makers and legislators, everywhere.‘In this ground-breaking book, Prof Mwenda explores with great mastery the tapestry of banking regulation law… The dearth of literature on issues of banking regulation as it pertains to Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), with comparatives drawn from international best practices, makes this book a must read. The book’s approach, as well as its depth and breadth of coverage on this emergent topic, clearly distinguishes it from any that have been written on banking law and practice in SSA.’ – Gerry N Muuka, Professor of Management, Murray State University, USA‘Prof Mwenda’s book is one of those rare works which demonstrate, with an enviable grasp of detail, the complexities of implementing transplanted legal concepts in a domestic institutional context. It is a stellar work of research and analysis which takes the various strands of this subject to a whole new level.’– Victor Mosoti, Attaché Legal Adviser, Cabinet of the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Italy‘Prof Mwenda’s work is an important addition to the discourse on financial governance in general and the regulation of the financial services sector in particular; timely and relevant, in the shadow of the crisis facing the world economy today.’– Andrew Mwaba, Lead Economist, African Development Bank, TunisiaAbout the editor:Professor Kenneth K Mwenda is Senior Counsel in the Legal Vice-Presidency of the World Bank, Washington DC and Extraordinary Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.