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Andrew A. Schwartz marries theory with on-the-ground research to give lawyers, students, scholars, and policymakers a one-stop shop for everything they need to know about investment crowdfunding, its regulation, and how to improve it.
Investment Crowdfunding is an accessible and engaging introduction to a growing field.
List of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Investment Crowdfunding
- Chapter Two: Purpose
- Chapter Three: Challenges
- Chapter Four: Private Ordering
- Chapter Five: American Law and Practice
- Chapter Six: Comparative Law and Practice
- Chapter Seven: Lessons Learned
- Conclusion
About the author
Andrew A. Schwartz is the Laurence W. DeMuth Chair of Business Law at the University of Colorado and a regular visitor at the University of Auckland Law School in New Zealand, where he also served as a Fulbright Scholar. A graduate of Brown University and Columbia Law School, Schwartz teaches and publishes on corporate, securities and contract law.
Summary
Authored by a leading global expert in the field of investment crowdfunding, this timely book presents a comprehensive guide to a new online marketplace for entrepreneurial capital.
Professor of Law and Fulbright Scholar Andrew A. Schwartz marries theory with a decade of on-the-ground research to give lawyers, students, scholars, and policymakers a one-stop shop for everything they need to know about investment crowdfunding, its regulation, and how to improve it. Readers in the general public will find Investment Crowdfunding an accessible and engaging introduction into what is poised to become a household phrase.
This book analyses American law-in particular, the JOBS Act and Regulation Crowdfunding-and compares it to the legal regimes in the UK, Canada, the EU, Australia, and New Zealand. Schwartz's prescription is liberal in the classical sense: Policymakers should rely on private ordering and financial incentives, rather than law and regulation, to govern and police the market.
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As investors and entrepreneurs grapple with the complexities of capital-raising in the digital age, Professor Schwartz's sophisticated, comprehensive analysis of the JOBS Act and Regulation Crowdfunding is a must-read for counsel and lawmakers alike. Providing both a global roadmap on existing law and a compelling case for the regulatory path ahead, Professor Schwartz's pathbreaking book will soon find its place on every serious startup lawyer's bookshelf.
