Insider dealing has been in the public eye for many years now. The impact of Big Bang and the growth of financial conglomerates has, however, propelled the practice to the very forefront of regulatory concern. Regulators are faced with a dilemma: financial conglomerates bring with them many economic benefits, but they also accentuate the problem of insider dealing, in that the greater availability of inside information within these open ended financial houses, increases the scope for its misuse. Regulators must ensure that the regulation imposed does not overly impede the benefits to be gained from conglomeration; yet they must ensure that regulation is sufficiently stringent to provide a fair market place. The Chinese Wall - a self-styled mechanism consisting of policies procedures designed to stop the flow of inside information within financial conglomerates - is singled out for special treatment. The legal and policy problems associated with the use of the mechansim are reviewed. These revolve around two main issues: (i) Is the Wall an effective policy device to rebut allegations of insider dealing in a financial conglomerate where Arm A is dealing in shares in Company X while arm B has information pertaining to Company X. (ii) If the Chinese Wall actually works, does the operation of the mechanism give rise to breach of fiduciary obligations ie. to what extent does the operation of the Chinese Wall in conglomerates modify traditional fiduciary law. The conclusion reached is that the Chinese Wall offers regulators the best solution to the problem of conflicts of interest and obligation in fully fledged financial conglomerates. The Wall must, however, be 'strengthened' to prevent, for example, a coroprate fiduciary dealing for its own account where another department within the conglomerate has a material interest in the transaction. At common law, the courts ought to, and probably would, accept this approach. However in an action brought under the SIB rulebook, and the rulebooks made thereunder, it would seem that the courts are bound to accept a Wall per se (ie. without being strengthened) as valid. To the extent that this differs from what ought to be the position at common law, the SIB rulebook should be modified. A tentative import of economic analysis is used to complement the largely legal analysis. In this way it is hoped to gain a better grasp of the policy issues under study.

Over recent years the cadastral industry has become increasingly reliant on digital data. Many surveyors now submit digital survey plan data to accompany the legally required hardcopy maps and documentation, although it will not be long before total digital lodgement will be possible. In this environment it will be ideal to capitalise on computer networking technology such as the present day Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) to better facilitate the transmission of digital data. This work provides a study of the current climate in the cadastral industry and further identifies how the Internet and its related technologies can be used to facilitate the transmission of digital cadastral data. The focus is to provide a prototype application that facilitates these data transactions in the most effective manner that benefits both user and data provider. This involves a study of the different underlying Internet technologies and how they can be used within the cadastral context. The work presents how the Internet and the WWW can bring benefits in the form of increased data distribution, and, in data integration and update for data maintainers, who need efficient ways of passing digital data to and from different locations.

Duisburg, Essen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2007.

Thesis (Ph.D) -- McMaster University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-144). Also available via World Wide Web.

Universiẗat, Diss.--Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2007.

Zugl.: Saarbrücken, Univ., Diplomarbeit

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2008. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-191).

Univ., Magisterarbeit--München, 2001. / Literaturverz. S. 167 - 172.

Thesis (D.A.)--George Mason University, 1997. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Lehigh University, 2004. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 204-233).