Ester Herlin-Karnell is currently a visiting research fellow at Uppsala University. Nicholas Ryder is Professor of Law at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

• 1. Introduction I. Introduction II. The Financial Crisis and the Fight against Financial Crimes: Some Hardcore Data III. Market Manipulation: The Major Crime IV. Structure of the Chapters V. Conclusion 2. Market Manipulation and Insider Dealing in the EU Context I. Introduction II. The EU’s Fight against Financial Crimes and the Importance of ‘Confidence’ in the Market III. The EU Legislative Framework to Fight Market Abuse IV. Criminal Liability for Legal Persons – A Brief Overview V. Conclusion 3. Regulatory Strategies: On the Choice of Sanction I. Introduction II. Quasi-criminal Law in the EU Context III. The Eternal Debate: Criminal or Administrative Sanctions? IV. Market Abuse Sanctions – The EU Context and the Question of Proportionality V. The United Kingdom VI. The United States of America VII. Conclusion 4. Market Abuse and the Wider EU Fight Against Financial Crimes I. Introduction II. The Wider Area of Financial Crimes: Money Laundering and Fraud III. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office and EU Agencies IV. Subsidiarity Questions and Accountability with Broader Relevance for the EU Market Abuse Regime V. Fundamental Rights and Data Protection VI. Conclusion 5. The United Kingdom I. Introduction II. Insider Dealing III. Market Abuse IV. The 2007/08 Financial Crisis, Market Manipulation and the Enforcement Response V. The Serious Fraud Office VI. The Financial Conduct Authority VII. Conclusion 6. The United States of America I. Introduction II. Insider Trading III. Market Manipulation IV. The 2007/08 Financial Crisis, Market Manipulation and the Enforcement Response V. The Securities and Exchange Commission VI. The Department of Justice VII. Commodities Futures Trading Commission VIII. Conclusion 7. Conclusion I. Introduction II. Final Remarks

Thorough, detailed yet dealing with fundamental questions, Market Manipulation and Insider Trading is a value-adding piece of work in the field of multijurisdictional literature on market abuse.