Table of Contents

The Rise (and Fall?) of Offshore Finance in the Global Economy: Editors' Introduction; M.P.Hampton & J.P.Abbott Offshore and the Structural Enablement of Sovereignty; R.Palan Offshore: the State as Legal Fiction; S.Picciotto International Banking and Offshore Finance: London and the Major Centres; M.K.Lewis Confidence Men: Offshore Finance and Citizenship; S.M.Roberts The Malta Financial Services Centre: A Study in Microstate Dependency Management; D.Fabri & G.Baldacchino A Legislature for Hire? The Capture of the State in Jersey's Offshore Finance Centre; J.Christensen & M.P.Hampton Malaysia, Mahathir and the Labuan International Offshore Financial Centre; Treasure Island, Pet Project or Ghost Town? J.P.Abbott Financial Regulation and Supervision Offshore: Guernsey, a Case Study; C.M.Le Marchant Offshore Finance in Southern Africa; P.Styger, S.H.Jhurani & E.Schimming-Chase

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About the Author

MARK P.HAMPTON is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Portsmouth.

JASON P. ABBOTT is a Lecturer in the Department of International Studies at Nottingham-Trent University.