Hart monographs in transnational and international law The payment order of antiquity and the Middle Ages : a legal history
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1849460523
ISBN 13
9781849460521
Category
Comparative Study
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Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Volume
6
Pages
xlvi, 736 pages
Subject
Comparative study
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Abstract
"Examining the legal history of the order to pay money initiating a funds transfer, the author tracks basic principles of modern law to those that governed the payment order of antiquity and the Middle Ages." - Voila
Description
Content:
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.
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.
Biblio Notes
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 687-711) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 687-711) and index.
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