Legal Tender Act

Japanese: Legal Tender Act(英語表記)LegalTenderAct
Legal Tender Act

...Since the principle of freedom of contract was established in modern economic society, this type of gold contract is valid in principle, but on the other hand, many countries have abolished the gold standard and stopped converting banknotes into gold, so there is a risk that the compulsory legality of banknotes will be lost, and there is much debate about its validity. In the United States, during the Civil War, inconvertible paper money, Greenbacks, was issued based on the Legal Tender Act of February 1862, and the gold contract became common because of the high inflation rate. Later, in June 1933, the US Congress abolished the gold contract by passing a Joint Resolution to Secure a Uniform Value for Coins and Currency of the United States, but in October 1977, the gold contract was revived as an addendum to a certain bill. ...

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Legal Tender Act" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…近代経済社会において契約自由の原則が確立されてから,この種の金約款も建前としては有効であるが,他方今日多くの国が金本位制を廃止し,銀行券の金兌換(だかん)を停止していることから,銀行券の強制通用力を損なうおそれもあり,その有効性をめぐる議論も多い。アメリカでは,南北戦争時代1862年2月の〈法貨法Legal Tender Act〉に基づき不換紙幣のグリーンバックスが発行され,物価上昇率が高まったため,金約款が一般化したといわれる。その後1933年6月アメリカ議会は〈アメリカの鋳貨と通貨に対する統一的価値を確保するための合同決議〉を行い金約款を廃止したが,77年10月に至り,ある法案の付帯条項として金約款が復活した。…

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