F A Mann: The Lawyer and His Legacy provides a legal biography of Mann, addresses the broad range of sub-disciplines and practice areas in which he was active, and reflects both Mann's outstanding influence and the current topicality of monetary law issues.

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 König: 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: María Emilia Buccella, Rosa María 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

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 émigré 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 (Universität Augsburg), Poynton Scholar (University of Cambridge) and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), and has held affiliations and visiting positions at various institutions.

Provides an in-depth analysis of the work, legacy, and continued relevance of one of the best-known legal minds of his age Brings together established and emerging scholars, legal practitioners, and members of the judiciary from around the world in a comprehensive and critical analysis of Mann's legacy Reflects on Mann's contribution to many different legal disciplines, including public international law, conflict of laws, commercial law, procedural law, and arbitration