FA Mann : the lawyer and his legacy / edited collection by Gerhard Dannemann and Jason Grant Allen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dannemann, Gerhard, editor.

Allen, Jason Grant, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mann, F. A. (Frederick Alexander), 1907-1991.

Mann, F. A.

Lawyers--Germany.

Lawyers.

Lawyers--Great Britain.

Money--Law and legislation.

Money.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This edited volume provides a legal biography of FA Mann, addresses the broad range of sub-disciplines and practice areas in which he was active, and reflects on both Mann's outstanding influence and the current topicality of monetary law issues.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Acknowledgements

Contents

Table of Cases

List of Abbreviations

Authors' Bios

FA Mann, His Correspondence, and This Book

Part I: 'A German Lawyer of Jewish Extraction' in England: FA Mann's Legal Biography

1. Ein Bericht aus einer Akademie: Writing About Germany's Lost Jewish Scholars, 80 Years On

2. On Being a German Jew in the 'Golden Years'

3. Pragmatism Meets Praxisorientierung: FA Mann and a Transnational Biography in Law

4. 'Out of Harm's Way': FA Mann's Attempts to Demystify Money, Law, and Judaism

Part II: 'A Wealth of Legal Knowledge': The International Lawyer

5. The Influence of FA Mann on English Case Law: The Validity of Acts of State Contrary to Human Rights and International Law and the Enforcement of Foreign Public Law

6. Jurisdiction and Private International Law: FA Mann's Unvollendete?

7. Delocalization and Re-localization in Commercial Law and the Law of Arbitration: The Continued Relevance of FA Mann's Thought

Part III: 'The Task of the Jurist to Define': The Legal Aspects of Money

8. Before Mann: Martin Wolff on Monetary Law

9. Gold Clauses in the Capital Markets of the Early 20th Century

10. FA Mann's Conservative Revolution

11. Constitutional Dimensions of Monetary Authority under the Gold Standard and Bretton Woods

12. El Aspecto Legal del Dinero: FA Mann's Impact in Latin America

13. Mann on Cryptocurrency

14. A New and Unsolved Riddle in Monetary Law: The Complex Case of Central Bank Digital Currency

Conclusions

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 4, 2024).

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ISBN:

0-19-199084-1

0-19-888147-9

0-19-888146-0

OCLC:

1416701100