... civil law tradition monetary nominalism state theory of money payment systems history We have endeavoured to write a book that gives a connected history of some of the main topics in monetary law at the different stages of its development over the past 800 years. Although each chapter is written...

...This chapter considers the legal reasoning in in Gilbert v. Brett (‘Case of Mixt Monies’), a decision in the Privy Council of England which confirmed the principle of monetary nominalism in the common law. The Case holds that an obligee, who...

...This chapter describes the development and enforcement of the concept of monetary nominalism in the English common law during the medieval and early modern periods. The case of Gilbert v. Brett (1604) expressly confirmed that the common law applied a nominal conception of the value...