The payment order of antiquity and the Middle Ages a legal history / Benjamin Geva.
| Author/creator | Geva, Benjamin, 1946- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; Portland, OR : Hart Publishing, |
| Description | xlvi, 736 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Hart monographs in transnational and international law ; v. 6 Hart monographs in transnational and international law ; v. 6. UNAUTHORIZED |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [687]-711) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012392071 |
| ISBN | 9781849460521 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 1849460523 (cloth) |
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