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a legal history

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The payment order of antiquity and the Middle Ages

a legal history

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Publisher
Hart Publishing
Language
English
Pages
736

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Table of Contents

Money, payment in money, and the order to pay money
Money and monetary legal theory in antiquity and the Middle Ages
Funds transfer in antiquity : instruments, institutions and mechanisms
Deriving history from law : are cheques traceable to the Talmud?
The payment order under Roman law
The medieval Hawale : the legal nature of the Suftaj and other Islamic payment instruments
Funds transfer under Talmudic law : orthodoxy and adaptation
Payment orders in medieval continental Europe : book transfers and bills of exchange
Payment orders under English common law : the bailment of money and the "reception" of the bill of exchange
Evolution and transformation : the birth of the modern payment system in post-medieval England
Turning the wheels of post-medieval change : paper circulation and negotiatbility under English law
Staying on course : the footprint of ancient and medieval doctrine and practice on modern payment laws
Epilogue : From barter to electronic funds transfers and the role of law.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [687]-711) and index.

Published in
Oxford, Portland, OR
Series
Hart monographs in transnational and international law -- v. 6, Hart monographs in transnational and international law -- v. 6.

Classifications

Library of Congress
K867 .G48 2011, HG1692

The Physical Object

Pagination
xlvi, 736 p. :
Number of pages
736

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25277814M
ISBN 10
1849460523
ISBN 13
9781849460521
LCCN
2012392071
OCLC/WorldCat
727704262

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