Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

8-2024

Abstract

We live in a brave new world. Much of what was once the stuff of fiction has now become reality. In particular, we have witnessed technological advances the like of which we would not even have begun to contemplate even at the turn of the second millennium. No one has been exempt – not even this mid-sexagenarian. Now, almost a quarter of a century on, we have to take stock of the double-edged sword that is technology. Indeed, technology has – unfortunately – facilitated fraud in a manner and on a scale that we have never witnessed before. With technology has come globalisation and internationalisation. The worldis a much smaller place. From a physical standpoint, we are oft en just hours away from each other, notwithstanding being thousands of miles distant. With the Covid-19 pandemic, technology enabled interaction to continue even when physical interaction was precluded. That we are present here is testimony to the sea changes that I have just mentioned. Th e present conference is a timely one because it examines, amongst other issues, the legal impact of both globalisation and technology on fraud and risk in commercial law. As already mentioned at the outset, fraud, in particular, has been facilitated in an especially unfortunate manner and it is therefore no surprise that many of the papers in today’s conference address this issue in a myriad of various commercial contexts.

Discipline

Commercial Law

Research Areas

Corporate, Finance and Securities Law

Publication

Fraud and Risk in Commercial Law

Editor

Paul S. Davies & Hans Tjio

First Page

1

Last Page

12

ISBN

9781509970759

Publisher

Hart

City or Country

London

Embargo Period

2-7-2025

Copyright Owner and License

Publisher

Additional URL

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/fraud-and-risk-in-commercial-law-9781509970759/

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