Binding: Hardcover
Description: In this new volume in the Elements series Daniel D. Bradlow traces the history and development of international law and international financial institutions from 1918 to today providing a detailed overview of the legal frameworks within which such institutions were established and operate and which structure their relationships with their member states and their citizens. The book opens with the inter - war years the Bretton Woods Conference and background on the treaties establishing the IMF and the World Bank. It then discusses the Articles of Agreement of the IMF and the IBRD providing information on their governance arrangements mandates and operating principles. The international legal status of these two international financial institutions their international legal rights responsibilities and obligations and their privileges and immunities are also examined. In later chapters the book explores how the structure functions and operations of the World Bank and IMF have evolved since their establishment and examines the regional development banks and the regional financial arrangements that were created after them. The book concludes by exploring the challenges that international financial institutions are currently facing and the contributions that international law can make to help them successfully meet these challenges.
Title: The Law Of International Financial Institutions
Author(s): Bradlow Prof Daniel D. (Professor/ Senior Fellow Professor/ Senior Fellow Centre For Advancement Of Scholarship University Of Pretoria)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192862822
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 12/14/2023
Series: Elements of International Law
Category: Financial Law