Phillip Hellwege Introduction 1. The Framework for the Development of Tontines Christian Rietsch and Georges Gallais-Hamonno Lorenzo Tonti Georges Gallais-Hamonno and Christian Rietsch Financial Engineering in the 17th and 18th Centuries - Tontines in England, France, and Ireland Robin Pearson The Socio-Economic Setting for Developing Tontines from the 17th to the 19th Centuries 2. A Comparative Legal History of Tontines Sophie Delbrel Tontines in France from the Ancien Régime to the Third Republic Boudewijn Sirks Tontines in the Dutch Republic and the Early Kingdom (1670-1869) John MacLeod Tontines in England and Scotland Martin Sunnqvist Tontines in Scandinavia Phillip Hellwege Tontines in German-Speaking Territories Kent McKeever Tontines in Portugal - Nicholas Bourey's Paleo-Tontine of 1641 Maura Fortunati Tontines in Italy Rafael Illescas Tontines in Spain Kent McKeever The Evolution of the Tontine in North America Marcelo Nasser Tontines in Latin America Jan Halberda Tontines in Poland Balázs Tökey Tontines in Hungary Tamara Korchagina The Russian Experience with Tontine Insurance 3. The Present and Future of Tontines Moshe A. Milevsky What Can Tontine Design of the Future Learn from Its Past? Jan-Hendrik Weinert Tontines in Europe Today Jonathan Barry Forman and Michael J. Sabin Tontines in the Western World Today Salvatore Mancuso Tontines and other Forms of Rotating Credit Associations in Africa 4. Comparative Analyses Jerònia Pons Pons A Comparative Analysis from the Perspective of Economic History Phillip Hellwege A Comparative Analysis from the Perspective of Legal History ukryj opis