'This is the second edition of the initial highly successful authoritative text on securities regulations in the EU.If the first edition helped to 'define and to develop the subject' of what was then a 'novel' category; then this updated edition showcase comprehensively and authoritatively the transformation of the arguable discrete subject.this is an excellent text to have for academicians and practitioners with interest in financial services law ingeneral and EC securities regulation in particular.'Peter Yeoh, Business Law Review, July 2009'Review from previous edition .far more than the definitive work on the Community measures themselves. It has much to say about the rationales of securities regulation. meticulous and comprehensive.It rightly liberates Community securities regulation from the shadow of the United States case law and stresses its unique characteristic.

'European Law Review'.destined to become a benchmark in its field.the more one reads, the more one is impressed by the quality and thoroughness of the analysis.a 'must' for all those who are looking for a highly informative guide in the field of securities regulation, be they academics, practitioners or regulators.'European Business Organization Law Review 4 343-347 2003'.will interest all those engaged in Financial Services Regulation be they students, scholars, policy researchers or practitioners.'KnowEurope'.an essential analysis of Community securities regulation as it has developed, an analysis that will be critical to the understanding of the regime that eventually emerges and should be influential in shaping its continuing evolution.

'European Law Review'.an excellent analysis of existing regulation and an invaluable guide to the emerging regime.'The Cambridge Law JournalMoloney not only has an enviable panoramic view of European Securities regulation but consistently impresses by the immense wealth of material that she brings to bear on her analysis.it is difficult to find fault with EC Securities Regulation. The fact that the author is able.to steer through the complexities of European securities regulation without ignoring historical context and scholarly debates represents.a considerable tour deforce'.the author deserves a great deal of credit for making European securities regulation accessible to a wider scholarship and, indeed, for helping to shape an entirely new field within European law studies, as Francis Jacobs stresses in his foreword to the book.

EC Securities Regulation is essential reading for those interested in the intricacies of European securities legislation or simply in the evolution of the European regime and the institutionalchanges which went with it'Pierre Schammo, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Manchester. European Business Organization Law Review 11.