This timely book, edited by a leading academic in the field, brings together seminal works of scholarship on insider trading over a 40 year period, with contributions from many prominent law professors and economists. Areas covered in the book include the origins and development of insider trading law, insider trading statues and the policies surrounding insider trading. Professor Bainbridge provides a comparative and international focus as well as coverage of important issues in the US law of insider trading. This title will be of immense value to scholars and practitioners interested in this evolving and topical field of study.