1st Edition

Digital Currencies and Public Law History, Constitutionalism and the Revolutionary Nature of Money

By Andrew Dahdal Copyright 2025
238 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

238 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book supports the deeper engagement of public lawyers in digital currency developments which threaten dramatic changes in the relationship between individuals and government authorities. No contemporary issue is more widely acknowledged and less understood than that of digital currencies. The voice of constitutional scholars, however, is crucially missing from prevailing digital money... Read more

Introduction

 

1. The Origins of Money and the Foundations of State Control

2. Coinage, Credit and the Financial Revolution

3. The Revolutionary Nature of Money in British North America and the American Republic

4. The Revolutionary Nature of Money in Chinese, Islamic and Late Colonial History

5. The Political Economy of Monetary Forms

6. Currency Forms and Constitutional Principles: The ‘Money Matrix’ Model

7. Applying the Money Matrix Model to Traditional and New Monetary Forms

8. Conclusion

 

  

Biography

Andrew Dahdal holds a Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales, where he received an outstanding achievement award in 2014 for his dissertation on the necessity of historical analysis in constitutional interpretation. Currently an associate professor in the College of Law at Qatar University, Andrew has also taught constitutional and commercial law within Australia and Europe in both full-time and adjunct roles. Writing on law, technology and global legal frameworks, Andrew is now focused on exploring the intersections between private and public law specifically by exploring the technocratic connections between constitutional and commercial legal frameworks.