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Economic value of English law | Oxera

Chapter 5: Key considerations in managing and promoting the role of English law

Published: October 5th 2021
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2.1: Introduction 2.2: Economic value is created by ‘gains from trade’—realised through transactions 2.3: The law underpins growth in the volume of transactions (and therefore the generation of economic value) 2.4: Considering the law as infrastructure on which transactions take place
3.1: Introduction 3.2: The economic value created through the UK legal services ecosystem 3.3: The economic value created for the UK as a whole -3.3.1: English law as a global market standard -3.3.2: Agglomeration effects -3.3.3: Reduced transaction costs for UK businesses trading internationally 3.4: The choice of law and legal services for internationally mobile transactions
4.1: Introduction 4.2: English law provides significant value to the UK economy -4.2.1: Maritime sector -4.2.2: Commodity trading -4.2.3: ISDA swaps and derivatives -4.2.4: International insurance contracts -4.2.5: The value of English law to the UK economy is significant 4.3: Risks and opportunities 4.4: Future opportunities for the use of English law represent significant potential value to the UK
A1.1: Maritime sector -A1.1.1: Size of the market -A1.1.2: Overview of governing laws -A1.1.3: Risks and opportunities A1.2: Commodity trading -A1.2.1: Size of the market -A1.2.2: Overview of governing laws -A1.2.3: Risks and opportunities A1.3: ISDA swaps and derivatives -A1.3.1: Size of the market -A1.3.2: Overview of governing laws -A1.3.3: Risks and opportunities A1.4: International insurance contracts -A1.4.1: Size of the market -A1.4.2: Overview of governing laws -A1.4.3: Risks and opportunities
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Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Key considerations in managing and promoting the role of English law

  • English law suffers from a ‘free-rider problem’, which leads to an ‘underprovision’ of English law compared to the socially optimal level of investment that is consistent with maximising the benefits that English law brings to the UK economy. This reduces the extent to which the UK maximises the overall benefits of English law.
  • Coordinated action across different sectors of the economy, as well as with the government, is required to achieve the biggest impacts in promoting the use of English law. Several areas require further discussion between the private sector and the government to effectively manage English law in a way that maximises the economic value for the UK economy from this national asset.

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