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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