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Full-Text Articles in Banking and Finance Law
Article 5: Highlights Of The Proposed Revision, James J. White
Article 5: Highlights Of The Proposed Revision, James J. White
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I. The Current Status of Article 5: Drafting, Approval and Promulgation--The Most Significant Changes or Clarifications -- II. The Most Contentious Issues in the Revision of Article 5 -- III. More Subtle Questions About Revised Article 5
Rights Of Holder Of Bill Of Exchange Against The Drawee, Ralph W. Aigler
Rights Of Holder Of Bill Of Exchange Against The Drawee, Ralph W. Aigler
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“If the question were put to the average layman whether the holder of a check...had any effective rights against the drawee bank, it is believed that the almost universal response would be to the effect that of course the holder may insist upon payment by the bank, if there are funds on deposit to cover the amount. And if the same question were propounded to the average lawyer, the reply generally would be--at least if the lawyer had in mind the provisions of the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Law--that the holder had no rights against the bank. It is the purpose …
Recognition Of New Types Of Negotiable Instruments, Ralph W. Aigler
Recognition Of New Types Of Negotiable Instruments, Ralph W. Aigler
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“The expression ‘negotiable instrument’ is one of variable meaning, and what is meant thereby often can be determined only by the context… Primarily ‘negotiable’ indicates transferability with a certain facility…..
“It may be not without interest to consider how instruments gain the negotiable quality and to trace, sketchily perhaps, the process of recognition.”
Commercial Instruments, The Law Merchant And Negotiability, Ralph W. Aigler
Commercial Instruments, The Law Merchant And Negotiability, Ralph W. Aigler
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“Until recently apparently no serious attempt had been to make a comprehensive examination into the origins and history of commercial instruments or to explain the special doctrines attached to negotiability….
“The bill of exchange, it is said, developed as a bit of machinery to give effect to the medieval contract of cambium which was concerned with the special case of the exchange of money for money. With the growth of foreign trade the difficulties and dangers of payments multiplied. Naturally those whose business it was to exchange monies were resorted to in this connection. They, in turn, out of necessities …