First Readings for Fall 2025

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Dates for Fall 2025

• The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Friday, August 1, 2025.
  • Assignments will begin to be posted on Friday, August 1, 2025.
• The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
  • Assignments will be removed on Thursday, September 11, 2025.

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Banking Law (LAWS 645 §001)

Instructor Name(s)

Jones Havard

Textbook Information

Carnell, Macey, Miller & Conti-Brown, The Law of Financial Institutions (7th ed. 2021).

General Assignment Information

Module 1

An Introduction to the Law of Banking

Thursday August 21, 2025

Introduction

What Banks Are, What Banks Do

Basic Economic Concepts

What is a Bank?

CMMC: 1-17; 63-73; 744–748 (Dimension Financial Corporation)

12 U.S.C. § 1813(a)

 

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

History of U.S. Financial Regulation–

From the Founding Years to the Financial Crisis   and its Aftermath

Banking Industry Structure

The U.S. Regulatory Structure

Pros and Cons of the American Regulatory Structure

Why Regulate Banks?

CMMC: 18-56; 81-85; 90-98; 101-102

 

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Critiquing the Dual Banking System

Hamilton’s Proposal, The Federalist Papers (TWEN)

Jefferson’s Opinion, The Federalist Papers (TWEN)

An Overview of the Banking Law System Using Media: It’s A Wonderful Life