Early History of the Law of Bills and Notes - A Study of the Origins of Anglo-American Commercial Law

Zusammenfassung This is a history of the law of bills and notes from medieval times to the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries when bills played a central role in domestic and international finances. It charts the development of legal rules and the relationship between law and economic and social controversies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Table of cases and precedents; Note on citation; Introduction; 1. The central courts, commercial law, and the law merchant; 2. Early exchange transactions: commercial practice; 3. Early exchange transactions: private law; 4. Early exchange transactions: public law and policy; 5. From exchange transactions to bills of exchange: the transformation of commercial practice; 6. The custom of merchants and the development of the law of bills; 7. The civilians and the law of bills in the seventeenth century; 8. Transferability and negotiability; 9. The law of bills and notes in the eighteenth century; 10. The problem of accommodation bills; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Rogers James Steven, James Steven Rogers, James Steven (Boston College Rogers, Rogers James Steven
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.03.1995
• EAN: 9780521442121
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44212-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Cambridge Studies in English L; Cambridge Studies in English Legal History
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, LAW / General, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Laws Of Specific Jurisdictions, Wales / Cymru