By Scientia Professor Ross Philip Buckley

Journal articles

Buckley RP, 2026, 'The contest between central bank digital currencies, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits: Which will likely win, and why?', Capital Markets Law Journal, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmag012

Zetzsche DA; Unterstell M; Buckley RP; Arner DW, 2025, 'Datafying sustainable finance: Efficiency and impact by design', European Law Journal, 31, pp. 203 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eulj.70014

Buckley RP, 2025, 'Implications for the Dollar of Central Bank Digital Currencies', Law and Contemporary Problems, 87, pp. 69 - 89, https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol87/iss2/4

Arner D; Buckley R; Wang CM; Zetzsche D, 2025, 'Building Open Finance', Notre Dame Journal of International & Comparative Law, https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1218&context=ndjicl

Buckley RP; van Romburg LJ, 2025, 'The Need to Address the Broader Social Dimensions in Any Decision to Issue A Retail Central Bank Digital Currency', The University of New South Wales law journal, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.T2025101300004701148927944

Arner D; Buckley R; Zetzsche D; Didenko A, 2024, 'Monetary Hegemony: Technological Evolution and the International Monetary System', Boston University International Law Journal, 42, pp. 213 - 262, https://www.bu.edu/ilj/files/2024/10/42.2.1-Monetary-Hegemony.pdf

Arner DW; Zetzsche DA; Buckley RP; Kirkwood JM, 2024, 'The financialisation of Crypto: Designing an international regulatory consensus', Computer Law and Security Review, 53, pp. 105970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2024.105970

Jevglevskaja N; Buckley RP, 2024, 'Australia Data Portability Developments', European Data Protection Law Review, 10, pp. 74 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2024/1/11

Buckley RP; Arner D; Zetzsche DA; van Romburg L, 2024, 'Building FinTech and Innovation Ecosystems', Journal of Financial Transformation, pp. 50 - 55, https://www.capco.com/Capco-Institute/Journal-59-innovation-and-control

Buckley RP, 2024, 'Tribute to Professor Joseph Jude Norton', SMU Law Review, 77, pp. 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.25172/smulr.77.3.3

Jevglevskaja N; Buckley R, 2023, 'A World-Leading Sanitation System for Our Digital Economy: The Consumer Data Right', Australian Business Law Review, 51, pp. 194 - 212, https://anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I8e76cb367dfa11eeba9b9484c581d0c0/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&VR=3.0&RS=cblt1.0

Buckley RP; Didenko AN; Trzecinski M, 2023, 'Blockchain and its Applications: A Conceptual Legal Primer', Journal of International Economic Law, 26, pp. 363 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgad010

Woxholth J; Zetzsche DA; Buckley RP; Arner DW, 2023, 'Competing claims to crypto-assets', Uniform Law Review, 28, pp. 226 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ulr/unad018

Buckley RP; Trzecinski M, 2023, 'Central Bank Digital Currencies and the global financial system: The dollar dethroned?', Capital Markets Law Journal, 18, pp. 137 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmad007

Wang H; Buckley R, 2023, 'THE COMING CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY REVOLUTION AND THE E-CNY', Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2023, pp. 145 - 172, https://search.informit.org/doi/epdf/10.3316/agispt.20230613089945

Jevglevskaja N; Buckley RP, 2023, 'Screen Scraping in Australian Finance', University of Queensland Law Journal, 42, pp. 277 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.38127/uqlj.v42i2.7193

Zetzsche D; Arner D; Buckley R, 2023, 'Sustainability, Financial Inclusion and Efficiency: A Trilemma or a Trifecta for the Regulation of Digital Finance?', Banking and Finance Law Review, 39, pp. 445 - 466, https://login.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/login?url=https://www-proquest-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/scholarly-journals/sustainability-financial-inclusion-efficiency/docview/2845729105/se-2?accountid=12763

Arner D; Buckley R; Zetzsche DA, 2022, 'FinTech and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Building Financial Ecosystems for Resilience, Innovation and Sustainable Development', Banking and Finance Law Review, 39, pp. 5 - 31, https://login.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/fintech-four-horsemen-apocalypse-building/docview/2760074220/se-2

Buckley RP; Jevglevskaja N; Farrell S, 2022, 'Australia's Data-Sharing Regime: Six Lessons for Europe', King S Law Journal, 33, pp. 61 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09615768.2022.2034582

Didenko AN; Buckley RP, 2022, 'Central bank digital currencies as a potential response to some particularly Pacific problems', Asia Pacific Law Review, 30, pp. 44 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2022.2045706

Jevglevskaja N; Buckley RP, 2022, 'THE CONSUMER DATA RIGHT: HOW TO REALISE THIS WORLD-LEADING REFORM', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 45, pp. 1589 - 1622, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/AQRO1627

Zetzsche DA; Buckley R; Arner D; Passador ML, 2022, 'From ‘Best Friends’ to ‘Best Execution’: Rethinking Cross-border Payments', Journal of Business Law, 2022, pp. 682 - 709, https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/I1FD10490622411EDB24E8EE5DF6A1C29/View/FullText.html

Arner D; Buckley R; Charamba K; Sergeev A; Zetzsche DA, 2022, 'Governing Fintech 4.0: Bigtech, Platform Finance, and Sustainable Development', Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law, 27, pp. 1 - 72, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/fjcf27&i=7

Zetzsche DA; Buckley R; Arner D; Lammer T; Gazi S, 2022, 'Regional Solutions to Global Payments Challenges: Toward a Single Rulebook', Banking and Finance Law Review, 38, pp. 81 - 115, X, https://login.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/regional-solutions-global-payments-challenges/docview/2724913644/se-2?accountid=12763

Zetzsche DA; Annunziata F; Arner DW; Buckley RP, 2021, 'The Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation (MiCA) and the EU digital finance strategy', Capital Markets Law Journal, 16, pp. 203 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cmlj/kmab005

Buckley RP; Zetzsche DA; Arner DW; Tang BW, 2021, 'Regulating Artificial Intelligence in Finance: Putting the Human in the Loop', Sydney Law Review, 43, pp. 43 - 82

Buckley RP; Arner DW; Zetzsche DA; Didenko AN; van Romburg LJ, 2021, 'Sovereign digital currencies: Reshaping the design of money and payments systems', Journal of Payments Strategy and Systems, 15, pp. 7 - 22

Zetzsche DA; Buckley RP; Arner DW, 2021, 'Regulating Libra', Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 41, pp. 80 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaa036

Mercurio B; Buckley R; Fu EJ, 2021, 'The legitimacy of capital controls during a retreat from globalisation', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 70, pp. 59 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0020589320000433

Zetzsche DA; Arner DW; Buckley RP, 2020, 'Decentralized finance', Journal of Financial Regulation, 6, pp. 172 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jfr/fjaa010

Buckley R; Arner D; Veidt R; Zetzsche D, 2020, 'Building FinTech Ecosystems: Regulatory Sandboxes, Innovation Hubs and Beyond', Washington University Journal of Law & Policy, 61, pp. 55 - 98, https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_journal_law_policy/vol61/iss1/10/

Arner DW; Buckley RP; Zetzsche DA; Veidt R, 2020, 'Sustainability, FinTech and Financial Inclusion', European Business Organization Law Review, 21, pp. 7 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40804-020-00183-y

Buckley RP; Arner DW; Zetzsche DA; Gibson EC, 2020, 'Building Australia's Fintech Ecosystem: Innovation Hubs for a Competitive Advantage', JOURNAL OF BANKING AND FINANCE LAW AND PRACTICE, 31, pp. 133 - 140, https://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/document?&src=search&docguid=I608203bee06a11ea99dafba9e329f6c2&epos=1&snippets=true&fcwh=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1&nstid=std-anz-highlight&nsds=AUNZ_JOURNALS&isTocNav=true&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&context=7&extLink=false&searchFromLinkHome=true

Buckley RP; Arner DW; Zetzsche DA; Selga EK, 2020, 'Techrisk', Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 2020, pp. 35 - 62, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.238483417760154

Zetzsche D; Arner D; Buckley R; Weber RH, 2020, 'The Evolution and Future of Data-Driven Finance in the E.U', Common Market Law Review, 57, pp. 331 - 360, https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Common+Market+Law+Review/57.2/COLA2020030

Arner DW; Zetzsche DA; Buckley R; Weber RH, 2020, 'The Future of Data-Driven Finance and RegTech: Lessons from EU Big Bang II', Stanford Journal of Law, Business and Finance, 25, pp. 245 - 288, https://search-proquest-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/docview/2449281108/fulltextPDF/1065595169724BE8PQ/1?accountid=12763

Panisi F; Buckley R; Arner D, 2019, 'Blockchain and Public Companies: A Revolution in Share Ownership Transparency, Proxy-voting and Corporate Governance?', Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law & Policy, https://stanford-jblp.pubpub.org/pub/blockchain-and-public-companies

Buckley RP; Zetzsche DA; Arner DW; Weber RH, 2019, 'The road to RegTech: the (astonishing) example of the European Union', Journal of Banking Regulation, 21, pp. 26 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41261-019-00104-1

Arner D; Zetzsche D; Buckley R; Barberis J, 2019, 'The Identity Challenge in Finance: From Analogue Identity to Digitized Identification to Digital KYC Utilities', European Business Organisation Law Review, 20, pp. 55 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40804-019-00135-1

Didenko A; Buckley R, 2019, 'The Evolution of Currency: Cash to Cryptos to Sovereign Digital Currencies', Fordham International Law Journal, 42, pp. 1041 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3256066

Zetzsche DA; Buckley RP; Arner DW; Fohr L, 2019, 'The ICO Gold Rush: It's a Scam, It's a Bubble, It's a Super Challenge for Regulators', HARVARD INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, 60

Zetzsche D; Buckley R; Arner D; Föhr L, 2019, 'The ICO Gold Rush: It’s a Scam, It’s a Bubble, It’s a Super Challenge for Regulators', Harvard International Law Journal, 60, pp. 267 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3072298

Zetzsche DA; Arner DW; Buckley RP, 2018, 'Digital ID and AML/CDD/KYC Utilities for Financial Inclusion, Integrity and Competition', Journal of Financial Transformation, 47, pp. 133 - 142

Didenko A; Kemp K; Malady L; Buckley RP, 2018, 'Restricted Banking Licences: An Opportunity to Be Seized', Journal of Banking & Finance Law and Practice, 29, pp. 57 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3146666

Zetzsche DA; Buckley RP; Arner DW, 2018, 'The Distributed Liability of Distributed Ledgers: Legal Risks of Blockchain', University of Illinois Law Review, 2018, pp. 1361 - 1406, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3018214

Zetzsche DA; Buckley RP; Arner DW, 2018, 'Blockchain Distributed Ledgers and Liability', Journal of Digital Banking, 2, pp. 296 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.69554/kvch8359

Zetzsche DA; Buckley RP; Arner DW; Barberis JN, 2018, 'From FinTech to TechFin: The Regulatory Challenges of Data-Driven Finance', New York University Journal of Law and Business, 14, pp. 393 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2959925

Zetzsche DA; Buckley RP; Arner DW; Barberis JN, 2017, 'Regulating a Revolution: From Regulatory Sandboxes to Smart Regulation', Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law, 23, pp. 31 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3018534

Zetzsche DA; Buckley RP; Arner DW, 2017, 'Blockchain and Liability', Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Financier – Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Law Review, pp. 1 - 11

Kemp K; Buckley RP, 2017, 'Resolution Powers Over E-Money Providers', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 40, pp. 1539 - 1557, http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/issue/volume-40-no-4-2/

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