Ownership, Financial Accountability and the Law - Transparency Strategies and Counter-Initiatives

Table des matières

1. Introduction: Why Ownership Matters 2. What is meant by "Ownership"? 3. Disclosure and registration initiatives 4. Confidentiality versus concealment 5. `Orphan structures’ 6. Cryptocurrency and the Blockchain - Transient Ownership 7. Recommendations

A propos de l'auteur

Paul Beckett has forty years’ experience as a lawyer, practising offshore as a commercial and trust specialist and a human rights defender. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford in 1978 with First Class honours in Jurisprudence. He also completed a Master of Studies in International Human Rights Law at New College, Oxford in 2014. He is a member of the Solicitor Judges Division, Law Society of England and Wales, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and of the Society of Legal Scholars. He has written extensively on finance, banking, taxation and human rights law.

Résumé

This book explains why ownership is pivotal to accountability, and what ownership means in common, civil, and Shariah law terms. It looks in detail at State, regional and international transparency strategies and at a global private counter-initiative to promote beneficial ownership avoidance.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Paul Beckett, Beckett Paul
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367729158
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72915-8
• Pages: 268
• Thème: The Law of Financial Crime
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Général, dictionnaires; LAW / Criminal Law / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, LAW / Banking, LAW / International, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Financial, LAW / Business & Financial, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Financial Services, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Law, LAW / Taxation, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Governmental, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Taxation, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Taxation / Corporate, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law