Substitutes for Legal Tender: Lessons from History for the Regulation of Virtual Currencies

Substitutes for Legal Tender: Lessons from History for the Regulation of Virtual Currencies

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Professor Hughes' contribution, chapter 2, is titled Substitutes for Legal Tender: Lessons from History for the Regulation of Virtual Currencies. It is co-authored by Stephen T. Middlebrook.

ISBN

9781783479917 (hb), 9781783479924 (ebook)

Publication Date

2016

Publisher

Edward Elgar

City

Cheltenham, UK

Keywords

Legal Tender, Virtual Currency, Bitcoin, Electronic commerce-Law and legislation

Disciplines

Banking and Finance Law | Law

Comments

Rothchild, John A., ed. Research Handbook on Electronic Commerce Law. Edward Elgar, 2016.

The steady growth of internet commerce over the past twenty years has given rise to a host of new legal issues in a broad range of fields. This authoritative Research Handbook comprises chapters by leading scholars which will provide a solid foundation for newcomers to the subject and also offer exciting new insights that will further the understanding of e-commerce experts. Key topics covered include: contracting, payments, intellectual property, extraterritorial enforcement, alternative dispute resolution, social media, consumer protection, network neutrality, online gambling, domain name governance, and privacy.

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Copy available in the Jerome Hall Law Library, K 564 .C6 R467 2016.

A volume in the Research Handbooks in Information Law series.

Substitutes for Legal Tender: Lessons from History for the Regulation of Virtual Currencies

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