The company in law and practice : : did size matter? (Middle Ages - nineteenth century) / / edited by D. De Ruysscher [and three others].

• Superior document: Legal History Library, Volume 23
• TeilnehmendeR: Ruysscher, Dave de,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Legal history library ; Volume 23.; Legal history library. Studies in the history of private law ; Volume 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (223 pages) :; illustrations.
• Other title: Front Matter /; Introduction /; What is a Small Firm? Some Indications from the Business Organization of Late Medieval German Merchants /; Making Size Matter Less: Italian Firms and Merchant Guilds in Late Medieval Bruges /; Late Scholasticism and Commercial Partnership: Persons and Capitals in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries /; Legal Structure of Early Enterprises—from Commenda-like Arrangements to Chartered Joint-Stock Companies (Early Modern Period) /; Delving for Diversity in Early Modern Company Law: Mining Companies in Seventeenth-Century Liège /; Incorporation and Limited Liability in Seventeenth-Century England: The Case of the East India Company /; From Commercial Guilds to Commercial Law: Spanish Company Regulations (1737–1848) /; Partnerships as Flexible and Open-Purpose Entities: Legal and Commercial Practice in Nineteenth-Century Antwerp (c. 1830–c. 1850) /; Form, Size, “Governance”: Remarks on Italian Late Nineteenth-Century Companies /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• ISBN: 9004351868
• ISSN: 1874-1793
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by D. De Ruysscher [and three others].

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.