FA Mann
The Lawyer and His Legacy
Published on 15. February 2024
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-19-888145-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book traces the life and legacy of a German Jewish lawyer, F A Mann, who moved to the UK in 1933 fleeing racial persecution from Germany, and later became one of the best-known legal minds of his age, equally versed and experienced in legal practice and legal scholarship.
With contributions from established and emerging scholars, legal practitioners, and members of the judiciary from around the world, F A Mann: The Lawyer and His Legacy is split into three parts. Part I sets out a legal biography of F A Mann, with a particular emphasis on his background, network, and the insights afforded by previously unstudied archival materials. Part II covers the broad range of sub-disciplines and practice areas in which Mann was active and explores the way in which he helped to form them. Part III, on monetary law, reflects both Mann's outstanding influence and the current topicality of monetary law issues.
Drawing on some 12,500 letters of Mann's personal correspondence with judges, academics, and legal practitioners, this book explores how Mann's biography, his equal familiarity with German and English law and with academia and legal practice, and his wide range of legal interests have contributed to his lasting influence on law and legal scholarship.
With contributions from established and emerging scholars, legal practitioners, and members of the judiciary from around the world, F A Mann: The Lawyer and His Legacy is split into three parts. Part I sets out a legal biography of F A Mann, with a particular emphasis on his background, network, and the insights afforded by previously unstudied archival materials. Part II covers the broad range of sub-disciplines and practice areas in which Mann was active and explores the way in which he helped to form them. Part III, on monetary law, reflects both Mann's outstanding influence and the current topicality of monetary law issues.
Drawing on some 12,500 letters of Mann's personal correspondence with judges, academics, and legal practitioners, this book explores how Mann's biography, his equal familiarity with German and English law and with academia and legal practice, and his wide range of legal interests have contributed to his lasting influence on law and legal scholarship.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
808 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-888145-2 (9780198881452)
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Gerhard Dannemann read law at the Universities of Freiburg and Bonn, qualifying for legal practice in 1988. He held academic positions at the University of Freiburg (1988-1991; Dr. iur,, 1993; Dr. iur habil. 2002), the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (1991-1994), University College London (1992-1995), and the University of Oxford (1994-2002, last as Reader in Comparative Law). Since 2003, he is Professor of English Law, British Economy and Politics at Humboldt University, Berlin. He has published notably on comparative law, law of obligations, conflict of laws, public international law, and German emigre scholars.
Jason Grant Allen is an Associate Professor of Law at SMU Yong Pung How School of Law and Director of the SMU Centre for AI & Data Governance, publishing widely on law and emerging technology issues and working across the public law/private law divide including the regulation of emerging technologies, and the extension of law into digital contexts. Jason studied Law and German at the University of Tasmania and has been a DAAD Scholar (Universitaet Augsburg), Poynton Scholar (University of Cambridge) and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow (Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin), and has held affiliations and visiting positions at various institutions.
Jason Grant Allen is an Associate Professor of Law at SMU Yong Pung How School of Law and Director of the SMU Centre for AI & Data Governance, publishing widely on law and emerging technology issues and working across the public law/private law divide including the regulation of emerging technologies, and the extension of law into digital contexts. Jason studied Law and German at the University of Tasmania and has been a DAAD Scholar (Universitaet Augsburg), Poynton Scholar (University of Cambridge) and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow (Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin), and has held affiliations and visiting positions at various institutions.
Editor
Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law; Director, SMU Centre for AI & Data GovernanceAssociate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law; Director, SMU Centre for AI & Data Governance, Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law
Professor of English Law, British Economy and Politics, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin; Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of European and Comparative Law, University of OxfordProfessor of English Law, British Economy and Politics, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin; Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford, Humboldt University
Content
Gerhard Dannemann and Jason Grant Allen: Introduction
Part I 'A German Lawyer of Jewish Extraction' in England: F A Mann's Legal Biography
1: Jason Grant Allen: Ein Bericht aus einer Akademie: Writing About Germany's Lost Jewish Scholars, 80 Years On
2: Frank Mecklenburg: On Being a German Jew in the "Golden Years"
3: Christoph Koenig: Pragmatism Meets Praxisorientierung: F A Mann and a Transnational Biography in Law
4: Reut Yael Paz: Out of Harm's Way: F A Mann's Attempts to Demystify Money, Law, and Judaism
Part II 'A Wealth of Legal Knowledge': The International Lawyer
5: Lawrence Collins: The Influence of F A Mann on English Case Law: The Validity of Acts of State Contrary to Human Rights and International Law and the Enforcement of Foreign Public Law
6: Gerhard Dannemann: Jurisdiction and Private International Law: F A Mann's Unvollendete?
7: Giuditta Cordero-Moss: Delocalisation and Re-localisation in Commercial Law and the Law of Arbitration: The Continued Relevance of F A Mann's Thought
Part III 'The Task of the Jurist to Define': The Legal Aspects of Money
8: Wolfgang Ernst: Before F A Mann: Martin Wolff on Money
9: David Fox: Gold Clauses in the Capital Markets of the Early Twentieth Century
10: Joseph H Sommer: F A Mann's Conservative Revolution
11: Will Bateman: Constitutional Dimensions of Monetary Authority Under the Gold Standard and Bretton Woods
12: Maria Emilia Buccella, Rosa Maria Lastra & Jason Grant Allen: El Aspecto Legal del Dinero: F A Mann's Impact in Latin America
13: Simon Gleeson: F A Mann on Cryptocurrency
14: Christian Hofmann: A New and Unsolved Riddle in Monetary Law: The Complex Case of Central Bank Digital Currency
Gerhard Dannemann and Jason Grant Allen: Conclusions
Part I 'A German Lawyer of Jewish Extraction' in England: F A Mann's Legal Biography
1: Jason Grant Allen: Ein Bericht aus einer Akademie: Writing About Germany's Lost Jewish Scholars, 80 Years On
2: Frank Mecklenburg: On Being a German Jew in the "Golden Years"
3: Christoph Koenig: Pragmatism Meets Praxisorientierung: F A Mann and a Transnational Biography in Law
4: Reut Yael Paz: Out of Harm's Way: F A Mann's Attempts to Demystify Money, Law, and Judaism
Part II 'A Wealth of Legal Knowledge': The International Lawyer
5: Lawrence Collins: The Influence of F A Mann on English Case Law: The Validity of Acts of State Contrary to Human Rights and International Law and the Enforcement of Foreign Public Law
6: Gerhard Dannemann: Jurisdiction and Private International Law: F A Mann's Unvollendete?
7: Giuditta Cordero-Moss: Delocalisation and Re-localisation in Commercial Law and the Law of Arbitration: The Continued Relevance of F A Mann's Thought
Part III 'The Task of the Jurist to Define': The Legal Aspects of Money
8: Wolfgang Ernst: Before F A Mann: Martin Wolff on Money
9: David Fox: Gold Clauses in the Capital Markets of the Early Twentieth Century
10: Joseph H Sommer: F A Mann's Conservative Revolution
11: Will Bateman: Constitutional Dimensions of Monetary Authority Under the Gold Standard and Bretton Woods
12: Maria Emilia Buccella, Rosa Maria Lastra & Jason Grant Allen: El Aspecto Legal del Dinero: F A Mann's Impact in Latin America
13: Simon Gleeson: F A Mann on Cryptocurrency
14: Christian Hofmann: A New and Unsolved Riddle in Monetary Law: The Complex Case of Central Bank Digital Currency
Gerhard Dannemann and Jason Grant Allen: Conclusions