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Obama The U.s. Financial Regulatory Reform Of Legal Systems

Posted on:2011-11-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M FangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2206360305498372Subject:Law
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The latest financial crisis, which was triggered by the sub-prime mortgage crisis in 2007, hit the United States creating what is now called the "Great Recession." Additionally, countries around the world suffered huge economic losses as a result. This paper examines the role of the U.S. financial regulatory legal system in the past century, studies the overall structure of the U.S. financial regulatory system before the crisis, outlines the emergency measures taken by the U.S. government and Congress, summarizes and analyzes the ongoing reform on the financial regulatory and supervisory system led by the Obama administration. This paper also gives suggestions on the reform on the financial regulatory legal system in China.The strict regulation imposing "separate operation with separate supervision" established by Roosevelt in the 1930s effectively protected the U.S. financial industry from devastating outbreaks and thereby, allow the national economy to enjoy nearly half a century of relative economic stability. However, the deregulation, which started from 1970s and later climaxed with the enactment of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999, provided the legal background for this financial crisis to occur. Additionally, the inefficient regime of the financial regulatory system before the crisis created many loopholes and overlaps that ultimately fostered the environment for the financial crisis to occur.The U.S. government has responded to the current crisis with various emergency measures and reforms. Emergency acts, white paper, bills from the government and the Congress signal ongoing and potentially far-reaching change in the U.S. financial regulatory legal system. This paper studies this change and accordingly, provides suggestions for the reform of financial regulatory legal system in China.
Keywords/Search Tags:financial crisis, US financial regulation, legal system reform
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