Security and Credit in Roman Law
Security and Credit in Roman Law
The Historical Evolution of Pignus and Hypotheca
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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.