In two volumes this book covers in a comprehensive internally balanced systematic and detailed way the field of European Union EU banking law and regulation. In three parts Volume I offers a brief introduction to the role of banks in the contemporary financial system and the theory of banking regulation a thorough analysis of international financial standards which are contained in the sources of public international banking law and of public international financial law in general a detailed presentation of the gradual evolution and the sources of EU banking law as well as a precise analysis of the lawmaking process and the key institutional aspects of this branch of EU economic law. The standards and rules adopted and the institutions created in the aftermath of the 20072009 global financial crisis and the subsequent euro area fiscal crisis as well as during the current pandemic crisis are discussed as appropriate.