Klappentext: The labour of pawns - freeborn women, men and children indentured in payment of interest on a debt - was an important supplement to that of slaves in the pre-colonial and colonial eras. This book examines the origins of pawnship; the economic factors that contributed to its spread; the...

Nonpossessory secured transactions evolved as a competitor to collusive judgments as a means to protect creditors from the loss of their investments in colonial America. A collusive judgment involved the debtor recognizing his debt before the court, while the creditor held equitable title to the...

Der Verkauf von Non Performing Loans (NPLs) hat sich innerhalb von wenigen Jahren als ein bedeutendes Instrument zur Restrukturierung des Bankengeschäfts in Deutschland etabliert. Die vorliegende Arbeit gibt auf transparente Weise den aktuellen Stand wieder, welche Formen von NPLs existieren,...