Hendrik L E Verhagen

Security and Credit in Roman Law

The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca

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Produktbeschreibung

This book outlines the legal history of the concepts of pignus and hypotheca in terms of an iterative relationship between transactional lawyers and Roman jurisprudence. The evolution of the Roman law of real security is reconstructed, with reference to actual banking practices documented from sources such as the archive of the Sulpicii.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 796g
• ISBN-13: 9780199695836
• ISBN-10: 0199695830
• Artikelnr.: 66127214

Autorenporträt

Hendrik L. E. Verhagen holds LLM and LLD degrees from Radboud University. He was professor of commercial law (1996-2001) at Radboud University, and managing director of its Business and Law Research Centre (1996-1998). Since 2001 Rick has been professor of private international law and comparative law at the Faculty of Law, Radboud University, and since 2015 he has also been professor of Roman law at the Faculty of Arts. He was holder of the Conrat chair (Roman law) at the University of Amsterdam (2013-2014). Since 1991 he has been a member of the Amsterdam bar (Clifford Chance).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Coevolution of law and economy
2: Mechanisms of legal evolution
3: Economic environment
4: Origins
5: From forfeiture to sale
6: From pignus to hypotheca
7: From single to multiple pledge
8: Pignus nominis and antichresis
9: From special to general pledge
10: Fiscal privileges and title registries
11: Late classical execution practices
12: Adaptedness of pignus and hypotheca
Appendix
Literature
Index of Legal Sources
General Index