Payment Systems

Print copy in reserve. Published by West Academic - Hornbook series.

1st edition print volume on reserve. From the Concise Hornbook series. Covers negotiable instruments, risk of loss, bank and electronic fund transfers. Letters of Credit are addressed in the final chapter.

Learning Commercial Paper and Payment Systems through multiple-choice questions and analysis. From Wolters Kluwer Study Aids, access restricted to FIU College of Law. Print copy in reserve.

Content: Volume IX: Commercial Transactions and Institutions, Chapter 4 – Negotiable Instruments, by Peter Ellinger; Chapter 5 – Letters of Credit by Boris Kozolchyk. Comparison of International Payment Methods; types of commercial letters of credit;

Produced in cooperation with the Bank of England the title "...provides ... perspectives on the current issues surrounding payment systems and their future. It covers a range of continually important topics, including: the form payment systems might take in the future ... and the respective roles of the public and private sector..."

"This book sets the stage and takes the necessary first steps towards developing a reliable legal regime for virtual money. Its purpose is: to analyze the legal issues raised by internet payment systems, and to explain clearly the solutions already adopted, and to discuss policy issues, with available hypotheses, raised by the convergence of financial services and information technology, and by the advent of virtual money."

From an Economics book series, but contains information on foreign banks and regulations. Online resource, resticted to FIU community. 190 pages, downloadable chapters, published by Springer Link.

"Examining the legal history of the order to pay money initiating a funds transfer, the author tracks basic principles of modern law to those that governed the payment order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages... Exploring the legal nature of the payment order, ...the book traces the evolution of money, payment mechanisms and the law that governs them, from developments in Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, Rome, Greco-Roman Egypt, Continental Europe and England. Doctrine is examined in Jewish, Islamic, Roman, common and civil laws...."

"This product presents in checklist format the series of issues that must be understood in order to identify and resolve the range of legal issues presented in an examination question. Checklists are provided for all topics generally covered in the basic negotiable instruments course." From West Academic Study Aids, access restricted to FIU College of Law. Earlier print edition in reserve.

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"This Understanding treatise provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject matter covered by Articles 3, 4 & 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code and by relevant provisions of the Truth in Lending Act, and Fair Credit Billing Act, the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and Regulations E, J, Z, and CC. A primary focus is directed toward the law of negotiable instruments and of bank deposits and collections."

"Provides ... an overview of the current state of payment systems law, the problems the law presents for modern payments, and a future vision for overcoming the legal anachronisms of the past"