Company in Law and Practice: Did Size Matter? (Middle Ages-Nineteenth Century) (eBook)

Albrecht Cordes, Serge Dauchy, Heikki Pihlajamaki, Dave De ruysscher (Herausgeber)

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2017
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-35186-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume brings together nine chapters by specialist legal historians that address the topic of the scale and size of companies, in both legal and economic history. The bundled texts cover different periods, from the Middle Ages, the Early Modern Period, to the nineteenth century. They analyse the historical development of basic features of present-day corporations and of other company types, among them the general and limited partnership. These features include limited liability and legal personality. A detailed overview is offered of how legal concepts and mercantile practice interacted, leading up to the corporate characteristics that are so important today. Contributors are: Anja Amend-Traut, Luisa Brunori, Dave De ruysscher, Stefania Gialdroni, Ulla Kypta, Bart Lambert, Annamaria Monti, Carlos Petit, and Bram Van Hofstraeten.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.8.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 90-04-35186-8 / 9004351868
• ISBN-13: 978-90-04-35186-8 / 9789004351868