Fundamentals of Securities Regulation » (5th Edition)

This guide to securities regulation begins by discussing the background of the SEC statutes, then addresses specific types of regulations, acts of law, and legal topics. Individual chapters cover federal regulation of the distribution of securities, the details of the Securities Act of 1933, protective committee reform, control concepts, registration and post-registration, regulation of the securities markets, regulation of dealers and brokers, fraud, manipulation, civil liability, government litigation, SEC administrative law, and conflict of interest and globalization. Recent changes to the legal environment are reflected. Loss taught law at Harvard University. Seligman teaches at Washington University. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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When Loss (1914-97) published in 1951 he created a new field, of which he was recognized as the founder and pillar throughout his life. No dates are noted for earlier editions of the abridgement of the 11-volume original, but the material in the fourth is generally accurate as of June 2000. Among the new topics are the Unlisted Trading Privileges Act of 1994, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and analysis of leading case developments interpreting the Act, the National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and the 1998 amendment to Regulation S. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)