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Whistleblowing in the EU Banking and Financial Sector

Theory and Practice

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Whistleblowing in the EU Banking and Financial Sector

Theory and Practice

Description

This book provides guidance to the laws of whistleblowing in the EU banking and financial sector.

Covering all the relevant EU legislation, including the Directive on the protection of whistleblowers, the book provides insights from France, Luxembourg, and Ireland alongside the relevant international, Council of Europe, and US laws. Following the adoption of the Directive on whistleblowing, the book offers the necessary understanding of the legal landscape, relevant case-law analysis, and examples stemming from EU and US jurisdictions.

Providing clarity and expert analysis in a complex area, the book is a must-read for researchers, government officials, and practitioners.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The International Legal Framework: An Overview of International and ECHR Law
2. The US Legal Answers as a Blueprint for Europe
3. Sectoral Provisions on the Protection of Whistleblowers in the EU Banking and Financial Sector
4. A Controversial Legal Basis to Address an Urgent Need for an EU Protection of Whistleblowers
5. Shaping the Concept of Blowing the Whistle: Definition
6. The Dilemma for the Whistleblower: Report Internally or Externally?
7. Elements of Protection for Whistleblowers
Concluding Remarks

Product details

Published 09 Jul 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Pages 288
ISBN 9781509977468
Imprint Hart Publishing
Series Hart Studies in Commercial and Financial Law
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Dimitrios Kafteranis

Dimitrios Kafteranis is Associate Professor of Law…

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