Whistleblowing in the EU Banking and Financial Sector

Theory and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5099-7745-1
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This book provides guidance to the laws of whistleblowing in the EU banking and financial sector.

Covering all the relevant EU legislation, including the Directive on the protection of whistleblowers, the book provides insights from 3 EU member states - France, Luxembourg, and Ireland - alongside the relevant international, Council of Europe, and US laws. Following the adoption of the Directive on whistleblowing, the book offers the necessary understanding of the legal landscape, relevant case-law analysis, and examples stemming from EU and US jurisdictions.

The book offers a reasoned and comparative review of the genesis and legal rules of whistleblowing in the EU banking and financial sector; it will enable readers to understand how whistleblowing started in this sector, the specific rules under EU law, and how these are transposed to selected member states. Readers will thus be able to navigate whistleblowing legislation and be informed about their rights and duties.

Providing clarity and expert analysis in a complex area, the book is a must read for researchers, government officials, and practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kafteranis, Dimitrios

Linarelli, John

Ballell, Teresa Rodríguez de Las Heras

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. The International Legal Framework: An Overview of International and ECHR Law
2. The US Legal Answers as a Blueprint for Europe

3. Sectoral Provisions on the Protection of Whistleblowers in the EU Banking and Financial Sector: An Adoption of Whistleblowing Provisions in the EU Banking and Financial Area
4. A Controversial Legal Basis to Address an Urgent Need for an EU Protection of Whistleblowers
5. The Concept of Blowing the Whistle: Definition
6. The Dilemma for the Whistle-blower: Report Internally or Externally?
7. Elements of Protection for Whistleblowers
Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Kafteranis, Dimitrios
Dimitrios Kafteranis is Assistant Professor in Law at the Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity, Coventry University, UK.