Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xlvi, 736 p)
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Edition:
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2014 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Also issued in print
ISBN:
9781472561039
Series Statement:
Hart monographs in transnational and international law v. 6
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [687]-711) and index
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Also issued in print.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781849460521
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847318435
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847318664
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Available in another form
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472561039
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