TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fox,David
AU  - Ernst,Wolfgang
TI  - Money in the western legal tradition: Middle Ages to Bretton Woods 
SN  - 9780198704744
U1  - 343​.032 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  -  Oxford Univ Press
KW  - Money
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - History
N1  - "Most of the papers collected for this volume have been presented at conferences supported by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 789-854) and index
N2  - Contents
Cover; Money in the Western Legal Tradition: Middle Ages to Bretton Woods; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; INTRODUCTION; 1: Monetary History between Law and Economics; I. The Scope of this Book; 1. Time Span and Countries Covered; 2. Topical Limitations; 3. Money Seen from the Legal Point of View; II. An Evolutionary Story; III. The Role of the State; IV. The Relationship between Law and Economics in Monetary Development; 2: Money as a Legal Institution; I. Introduction; II. Making Money 'Real'
III. The Place of LawPART I: THE LATE MIDDLE AGES: COINS AND THE LAW; I: MONETARY ENVIRONMENT; 3: Currency Depreciation and Debasement in Medieval Europe; I. Introduction; II. Causes of Debasement; III. Consequences of Debasement; IV. Political and Legal Responses to Debasement; V. Conclusions; 4: Money in Medieval Philosophy; I. Introduction; II. The Main Monetary Issues of Medieval (Practical) Philosophy; 1. The Notion, Function, and Morality of Money; 2. Immoral Use of Money: Interest and Iustum Pretium; 3. The Power of the Prince: Debasement and Valor Impositus.
III. The Main Sources of Medieval Monetary Philosophy1. Foundation: No Way Around Aquinas; 2. Contemporaries and Adversaries of Aquinas; 3. Developed Scholastic Monetary Thought: Buridan and Oresme; 4. Byzantine, Islamic, and Jewish Sources?; IV. The Realistic Approach and Practical Relevance of Medieval Philosophy; 1. The Significance of Monetary Reality for Medieval Philosophy; 2. The Significance of Medieval Philosophy for Medieval Legal Doctrines; 3. The Long-term Imprint of Medieval Monetary Philosophy; V. Conclusion: Salvaging Money from Purgatory?
5: The Last Scholastic on Money: Gabriel Biel's Monetary TheoryI. Introduction; II. Gabriel Biel's Monetary Theory: Contents; 1. Notabilia; 2. Conclusiones; 3. Dubia; III. Gabriel Biel's Monetary Theory: Sources; IV. Gabriel Biel's Monetary Theory: Concepts; V. Conclusion; II: CIVIL LAW; 6: Money in the Roman Law Texts; I. Introduction; II. Conceptions of Money; 1. The Debated Nature of Roman Money; 2. Alternative Means of Payment in the Legal Sources; (a) Credit money; (b) Bullion; (c) Tesserae frumentariae; 3. Theoretical Statements by the Roman Jurists.
(A) Definitions of pecunia in title 50, 16 of Justinian's Digest(b) Paul's treatise on sale and barter; III. Coined Money; 1. A Short History of Roman Imperial Coinage; 2. Coins in the Legal Sources; (a) Sestertii and nummi; (b) Denarii; (c) Aurei and solidi; (d) Unspecified coins; (e) Coins without official status; IV. The Special Status of Money in Roman Contract and Property Law; 1. Enhanced Fungibility of Money; 2. Transfer of Ownership; 3. Debasement; V. Conclusion; 7: The Legists' Doctrines on Money and the Law from the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Centuries; I. Introduction.
Introduction 1 Monetary History between Law and Economics David Fox, François R. Velde, and Wolfgang Ernst 2 Money as a Legal Institution Christine Desan Part I The Late Middle Ages: Coins and the Law I Monetary Environment 3 Currency Depreciation and Debasement in Medieval Europe Martin Allen 4 Money in Medieval Philosophy Fabian Wittreck 5 The Last Scholastic on Money Stefan Kötz II Civil Law 6 Money in the Roman Law Texts Thomas Rüfner 7 The Legists' Doctrines on Money and the Law from the Eleventh to the Fifteenth Centuries Wolfgang Ernst 8 Money in Medieval Canon Law Andreas Their 9 The Reduction of Money in the Low Countries c.1489✹1515 Alain Wijffels Part II Money in the Early Modern Period: The triumph of Nominalism I Monetary Environment 10 Monetary Reforms in the Holy Roman Empire in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Michael North II Common Law 11 The Enforcement of Nominal Values to Money in the Medieval and Early Modern Common Law David Fox 12 The Case of Mixt Monies (1604) David Fox III Civil Law 13 The Effect of Debasements on Pre-existing Debts in Early Modern Jurisprudence Harry Dondorp 14 Spanish Scholastics on Money and Credit Wim Decock 15 German Law Faculties and Benches of Jurymen (Schöffenstühle) on Loans and Inflation Clausdieter Schott 16 Monetary and Currency Problems in the Light of Early Modern Litigation Anja Amend-Traut Part III The Evolution of Cashless Payment: Bank Money I Monetary Environment 17 Early Public Banks I William Roberds and François R. Velde II Common Law 18 'Bank Money' Benjamin Geva 19 Early English Law of Checks James Steven Rogers III Civil Law 20 The Order to Pay Money in Medieval Continental Europe Benjamin Geva 21 Giro Payments and the Beginnings of the Modern Cashless Payment System Stephan Meder Part IV The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: The Emergence of Paper Money I Monetary Environment 22 Early Public Banks II William Roberds and François R. Velde 23 Deposit Banking and the Use of Monetary Instruments Helmut Siekmann II Common Law and mixed legal systems 24 Early English Law of Bank Notes James Steven Rogers 25 Banknotes and their Vindication in Eighteenth-Century Scotland Kenneth G.C. Reid III Civil Law 26 Multiple Currency Clauses and Currency Reform Rastko Vrbaski Part V The Twentieth Century: Fiat Money I Monetary Environment 27 Putting the System in the International Monetary System Michael Bordo and Angela Redish 28 The Bretton Woods System Peter Kugler 29 From the State Theory of Money to Modern Money L. Randall Wray 30 Hyperinflations of the Early Twentieth Century François R. Velde II Common Law 31 Responses to Crisis Roy Kreitner 32 Monetary Obligations and the Fragmentation of the Sterling Monetary Union David Fox III Civil Law 33 The German Hyperinflation of the 1920s Jan Thiessen 34 Swedish Government Bonds, their Gold Dollar Clause, and the 1933 Roosevelt Act ✹Georges Sauser-Hall's 'Opinion on Loans issued by the Government of Sweden'✹
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