In 1776, only two states offered constitutional protections against imprisoning people for debt. Today, forty-one states do. This Article traces that history. It begins by examining how debtors’ prisons operated in early America, and then divides analysis between three phases of state...

While institutional frameworks are the dominant approach to analysing the geography of finance, this article focuses on how individual policymakers influence the characteristics of financial institutions and set, or even alter, financial centre development. The historical narratives from Central...

בפסק דין חשוב וראשוני התייחס בית המשפט העליון לאחריות הבנקאית בעת הטלת עמלה. הסוגיה נבחנה במסגרת איסור ההטעיה הקבוע בסעיף 3 לחוק הבנקאות (שירות ללקוח). בית המשפט...

This article focuses on how Panamanian intellectuals and politicians searched into colonial and nineteenth century regional history for elements that could help them construct narratives, produce a new historiography, and create symbols that differentiated Panama from Colombia. This served to...