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Level 7 Diploma in International Business Law

Review and coursework completion

IBL704 · Law and Financial Crimes — Week 15 of 16

CourseIBL704
Week15 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Review and coursework completion

  1. Reviewing the learning outcomes
  2. Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
  3. Self-assessment

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Analyse civil offence according to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
  • 1.2 Identify sources of law on insider dealing.
  • 1.3 Evaluate the statutory frameworks and EC context on dealing with insider dealing and market abuse.
  • 1.4 Analyse the general offences of financial crimes under Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Fraud Act 2006 and Theft Act 1968.
  • 1.5 Compare and contrast how market abuse regulations and regulators act against insider dealing and related financial frauds.
  • 2.1 Analyse the purpose of money laundering regulations.
  • 2.2 Evaluate the international dimensions of money laundering regulations.
  • 2.3 Analyse the background of the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and explain offences under its provisions.
  • 2.4 Evaluate the consequences of money laundering on society.
  • 3.1 Analyse the historic development of white-collar crime and the role in statutory law in dealing with this.
  • 3.2 Evaluate the role of criminal law in supporting prosecution of white-collar crime.
  • 3.3 Critically analyse civil remedies in the context of white-collar crimes.
  • 3.4 Analyse the defenses available and to what extent these need to be developed further.
  • 4.1 Compare and contrast historic and economic general provisions of law on: o money laundering o terrorist financing o corruption
  • 4.2 Analyse the EC Market Abuse Directive to control market manipulation and abusive practices.
  • 4.3 Evaluate the reporting requirements and the impact this has on global financial crime.
  • 4.4 Evaluate the role of criminal law in supporting financial regulations in the United Kingdom.
  • 4.5 Critically analyse the international role in developing mechanisms to regulate global financial crime.

Activity

Guided review of every criterion; coursework completion clinic and peer review.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theories and Evolution of White-Collar and Financial Crime
  • Week 2: The General Statutory Framework of Fraud and Theft
  • Week 3: Financial Services and Markets Regulation and Civil Offences
  • Week 4: Market Abuse and Insider Dealing Legal Regimes
  • Week 5: Enforcement and Comparative Regulatory Powers in Capital Ma…
  • Week 6: Anti-Money Laundering Architecture and the Proceeds of Crim…
  • Week 7: Terrorist Financing, Bribery, and Corruption
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Defences and Civil Remedies in Commercial Fraud Litigation
  • Week 10: Compliance, Reporting Obligations, and Suspicious Activity …
  • Week 11: International Cooperation and Extraterritorial Financial Re…
  • Week 12: Applying Law and Financial Crimes in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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