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Written by a group of international experts, this book focuses on three interdependent themes: (a) origins and consequences of the current debt crisis; (b) the systemic nature of the crisis; (c) national and international policy efforts to avoid a global collapse and bring about lasting reforms in the Euro zone and in the financial system. This book provides an up-to-date analysis of the international debt issue, and offers suggestions for the way out of the current profound crisis. It addresses: @* The key aspects and principal consequences of the current debt crisis, with specific country and regional examples including Greece, the Eurozone, and the United States, and the impact on the growth potential of the OECD area, @* The systemic nature of the current crisis, with special emphasis on the shortcomings of the international monetary system and on the financial, banking and fiscal dimensions, @* The national and international policy efforts aimed at avoiding a global collapse, and the role and responsibility of private actors @* Important issues, such as, the limits of monetary sovereignty, the case for bankruptcy procedure for sovereign states and global financial governance, and finally, @* The need, in addition to the necessary bolstering of the Eurozone, for a long-overdue reform of the international monetary system, with the United States, the European Union and Japan having to take the initiative. This book was written by an international group of outstanding academic and policy experts, several of whom have acted as senior advisers in the Basel process of the reform of the international banking rules in the wake of the 'subprime crisis' and in the Greek debt-restructuring

On transferability of legislative solutions : the functionality test / Helen Xanthaki -- Drawing the line / Stephen Laws -- Legislative intention / Ian McLeod -- Legislator's intent : how judges discern it and what they do if they find it / Keith Mason -- The techniques of gender-neutral drafting / Daniel Greenberg -- Drafting legislation at the tax law rewrite project / Hayley Rogers -- Retrospectivity in the drafting and interpretation of legislation / Lydia Clapinska -- Repealing or amending legislation by non-legislative means / Alec Samuels -- Pre-legislative scrutiny / Zione Ntaba -- The role of the legislative drafter in promoting social transformation / Richard C. Nzerem -- Improving democratic development by better regulation / Ulrich Karpen -- Drafting principles of existing European contract law / Gerhard Dannemann -- Drafting of EU acts : a view from the European commission / William Robinson -- Drafting to implement EU law : the European arrest warrant in the United Kingdom / Valsamis Mitsilegas