Legal Research Guides by Course - Banking Law

Course Description

This course will be designed to provide a general introduction to the law governing the organization, regulation, and operation of banks and other financial institutions. The emphasis will be on banking and finance in the United States, but will also cover some international aspects of the banking and financial services industries. There will also be discussion of the recent developments in the financial and banking industries that have led to bank failures. The course will be taught as a two-hour seminar course. The students will be required to write a 15-20 page paper. (2 credits) Paper

Faculty Who Teach This Course

• Susan C. Hascall (Assistant Professor of Law)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:

Print Collection

K1066-K1096 Comparative Law - Banking
KF966-KF1032 Banking Law
KF1033 Foreign Exchange Brokerage
KF1035-KF1040 Loan of Money
KF1045 Suretyship Guaranty
KF1046-KF1062 Secured Transactions
KF1301.5.B36 Tort Liability - Banks - Lender Liability
KF1546.B2 Corporate Reorganization - Banks
KFP165-KFP176 Pennsylvania - Banking Law

Legal Research Databases

• Bloomberg BNA Online - Banking Daily, BNA's Banking Report
• Bloomberg Law
• CCH Library - Intelliconnect - Banking (Federal), Banking (State), Banking Compliance Library
• Hein Online - Banking Law Journal, North Carolina Banking Law Institute, Review of Banking and Financial Law, Taxation & Economic Reform in America Parts I, II & III.
• Legal Scholarship Network
• Lexis Advance
• Westlaw Next
• FDIC - http://www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/
• Banking Law - Guide to Bank and Bank Regulation Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/banking.html
• Banking (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/Banking
• Banking Law (Lawyers.com) - http://banking-law.lawyers.com/
• Banking Law (FindLaw) - http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/02banking/index.html
• Banking / Finance (Justia Virtual Chase) - http://virtualchase.justia.com/wiki/banking-finance
• Banking Law Research Guide (Georgetown Law Library) (note: this references their collection but has very good general research information on Banking Law) - http://www.law.georgetown.edu/library/research/guides/bankinglaw.cfm
• Pennsylvania Department of Banking - http://www.banking.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/banking_home/14319
• ABA Business Law Section - Banking Law - http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=CL130000

Government Agencies

• Federal Reserve System - http://www.federalreserve.gov/
• Department of the Treasury - http://www.treasury.gov/Pages/default.aspx
• Financial Stability.gov - http://www.treasury.gov/initiatives/financial-stability/Pages/default.aspx

Banking Associations

• American Bankers Association - http://www.aba.com/default.htm
• Conference on State Bank Supervisors - http://www.csbs.org/Pages/default.aspx
• Independent Community Bankers of America - http://www.icba.org/

Blogs

• Bank Lawyer's Blog - http://www.banklawyersblog.com/3_bank_lawyers/
• Banking Law Prof Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/banking/
• That Credit Union Blog - http://thatcreditunionblog.wordpress.com/
• Bank D & O Liability Law Blog - http://www.bankdandolaw.com/

DCLI Webpage Links

• Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
• Legal Research Guides: Banking Law

Course Listed Under the following Law School Concentrations

• Business Law

Course Satisfies: Upper-Level Writing Requirement

created by Patricia Horvath
2/6/2013