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050 4 $aK867$b.G48 2011
100 1 $aGeva, Benjamin,$d1946-
245 14 $aThe payment order of antiquity and the Middle Ages :$ba legal history /$cBenjamin Geva.
260 $aOxford ;$aPortland, OR :$bHart Publishing,$c2011.
300 $axlvi, 736 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aHart monographs in transnational and international law ;$vv. 5 [i.e., 6]
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [687]-711) and index.
505 0 $aMoney, 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.
650 0 $aPayment$xHistory.
650 0 $aTransfer payments$xLaw and legislation$xHistory.
650 0 $aNegotiable instruments$xHistory.
650 0 $aBanks and banking$xHistory.
830 0 $aHart monographs in transnational and international law ;$vv. 6.
988 $a20111121
906 $0OCLC