| Description |
lii, 756 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Australian financial system -- 2. Financial deregulation and the Wallis inquiry -- 3. Regulatory institutions in the financial system -- 4. The Australian banking system -- 5. Post-Wallis financial sector legislation -- 6. The Public image of banks -- 7. The Australian payments system: regulators and intermediaries -- 8. Payments and settlements -- 9. The EFT code and developments in electronic payments -- 10. Origin and development of negotiable instruments --11. Law relating to bills of exchange -- 12. Development of cheques legislation -- 13. Legal aspects of cheques -- 14. Australian banking industry ombudsman -- 15. Code of banking practice -- 16. Uniform consumer credit legislation and banking -- 17. Money laundering, financial transactions legislation and the banker -- 18. Trade practices and consumer legislation and banking -- 19. Foreign currency loans and banks -- 20. Bank, banking business and banking law -- 21. The Banker-customer relationship -- 22. Banking practice and banking law -- 23. Customer's duty to the banker -- 24. Trends in bankers' liability -- 25. Banker's liability in the payment and collection of cheques -- 26. Banker's liability for wrongful dishonour -- 27. Banker's duty of confidentiality -- 28. The Banker's lien -- 29. Banker's right of set-off and appropriation of payments -- 30. Credit references, and investment and financial advice -- 31. Bank statement or passbook -- 32. Banker's right to charge interest, fees and commission -- 33. Garnishee orders, Mareva injunctions and sequestration orders -- 34. Safe custody service -- 35. Statutes of limitation -- 36. Legal aspects of bank lending and securities -- 37. Terminating the banker-customer relationship -- 38. Bankruptcy law and the banker -- 39. Recovery of money mistakenly paid -- 40. Banking and cheque law principles and criminatl law -- 41. Branch banking -- 42. Bank officials and employees -- 43. On bankers and banking |
| Summary |
The 5th edition of this well-established text has been completely rewritten. Chapters 1 - 9 of the text are entirely new and outline in depth the radical changes effected by the government's implementation of the recent Wallis Financial System Inquiry. Apart from outlining the developments in electronic commerce and electronic and internet banking, this new edition also has an entirely new chapter on the public image of banks and examines consumer issues and the social obligations of banks to the community as a whole |
| Analysis |
Banking - Australia |
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Banks |
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Codes of practice |
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Consumer expectations |
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Federal issue |
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Financial institutions |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Previous ed.: 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 733-737 |
| Audience |
Tertiary students |
| Subject |
Banking law -- Australia.
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Banks and banking -- Australia.
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Financial institutions -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Monetary policy -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Payment -- Australia.
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| Author |
Weerasooria, W. S.
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| LC no. |
00456089 |
| ISBN |
0409315869 |
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9780409315868 |
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