Report to IMF/World Bank

The Legal System and the Development of Alternative Methods of Financing to Bank Credit...
... Or How French Law Has Failed to Adapt to the Evolution of the Economy and Finance

Author:
Sophie Vermeille
Researcher, Legal and Economic Department, Panthéon-Assas Paris II University - P.R.E.S. Sorbonne Universités
svermeille@hotmail.com

The Legal System and the Development of Alternative Methods of Financing to Bank Credit...
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