Migrating words, migrating merchants, migrating law : : trading routes and the development of commercial law / / edited by Stefania Gialdroni, Albrecht Cordes, Serge Dauchy, Dave De Ruysscher, Heikki Pihlajamäki.

"Migrating Words, Migrating Merchants, Migrating Law examines the connections that existed between merchants' journeys, the languages they used and the development of commercial law in the context of late medieval and early modern trade. The book, edited by Stefania Gialdroni, Albrecht Cor...

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Superior document:Legal History Library; volume 34
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2019
2020
Language:English
Series:Legal History Library; volume 34.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages)
Notes:"This book collects the papers of the conference "Migrating Words, Migrating Merchants: Migrating Law", which took place in Frankfurt am Main in 2016 (19-21 September) within the framework of the project "The Making of Commercial Law. Common Practices and National Legal Rules from the Early Modern to the Modern Period", funded by the Academy of Finland and by the Finnish Cultural Foundation"--ECIP galley.
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Summary:"Migrating Words, Migrating Merchants, Migrating Law examines the connections that existed between merchants' journeys, the languages they used and the development of commercial law in the context of late medieval and early modern trade. The book, edited by Stefania Gialdroni, Albrecht Cordes, Serge Dauchy, Dave De ruysscher and Heikki Pihlajamäki, takes advantage of the expertise of leading scholars in different fields of study, in particular historians, legal historians and linguists. Thanks to this transdisciplinary approach, the book offers a fresh point of view on the history of commercial law in different cultural and geographical contexts, including medieval Cairo, Pisa, Novgorod, Lübeck, early modern England, Venice, Bruges, nineteenth century Brazil and many other trading centers. Contributors are Cornelia Aust, Guido Cifoletti, Mark R. Cohen, Albrecht Cordes, Maria Fusaro, Stefania Gialdroni, Mark Häberlein, Uwe Israel, Bart Lambert, David von Mayenburg, Hanna Sonkajärvi, and Catherine Squires".
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004416641
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Stefania Gialdroni, Albrecht Cordes, Serge Dauchy, Dave De Ruysscher, Heikki Pihlajamäki.