The creation of securities of credit (so-called intercessio ) by close relatives imposes a difficult task on every legal system. Stephan Wagner's study analyses the development of the corresponding legal institutions in Continental and English law from a historical and comparative perspective.

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ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Bürgerliches Recht, Europäische, Deutsche und Sächsische Rechtsgeschichte an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.