James Steven Rogers, Rogers James Steven

The Early History of the Law of Bills and Notes

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A history of an important branch of English commercial law, the law of bills and notes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780521442121
• ISBN-10: 0521442125
• Artikelnr.: 21076680

Inhaltsangabe

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.