Brett v. Gilbert (1605), commonly known as the Case of Mixt Monies, confirms the principle of monetary nominalism in the common law of obligations. It is fundamental to the modern understanding of the legal nature of obligations to pay money and goes far to define a distinctive conception of...

This chapter explains the development during the nineteenth century of the legal structures behind the international monetary union between the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. It thus illustrates the operation of one part of the international gold standard in regulating currency...