Colonial Adventures : Commercial Law and ...
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Title :
Colonial Adventures : Commercial Law and Practice in the Making
Author(s) :
Dauchy, Serge [Auteur]
Centre d'histoire judiciaire [CHJ]
Pilhajamäki, Heikki [Auteur]
Cordes, Albrecht [Auteur]
De ruysscher, Dave [Auteur]
Centre d'histoire judiciaire [CHJ]
Pilhajamäki, Heikki [Auteur]
Cordes, Albrecht [Auteur]
De ruysscher, Dave [Auteur]
Issue number :
Legal History Library
Publisher :
Brill
Publication date :
2020-11-05
Number of pages :
442
ISBN :
978-90-04-44293-1
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Droit
English abstract : [en]
Colonial Adventures: Commercial Law and Practice in the Making addresses the question how and to what extend the development of commercial law and practice, from Ancient Greece to the colonial empires of the nineteenth and ...
Show more >Colonial Adventures: Commercial Law and Practice in the Making addresses the question how and to what extend the development of commercial law and practice, from Ancient Greece to the colonial empires of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, were indebted to colonial expansion and maritime trade. Illustrated by experiences in Ancient Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia, the book examines how colonial powers, whether consciously or not, reshaped the law in order to foster the prosperity of homeland manufacturers and entrepreneurs or how local authorities and settlers brought the transplanted law in line with the colonial objectives and the local constraints amid shifting economic, commercial and political realities.Show less >
Show more >Colonial Adventures: Commercial Law and Practice in the Making addresses the question how and to what extend the development of commercial law and practice, from Ancient Greece to the colonial empires of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, were indebted to colonial expansion and maritime trade. Illustrated by experiences in Ancient Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia, the book examines how colonial powers, whether consciously or not, reshaped the law in order to foster the prosperity of homeland manufacturers and entrepreneurs or how local authorities and settlers brought the transplanted law in line with the colonial objectives and the local constraints amid shifting economic, commercial and political realities.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
Administrative institution(s) :
Université de Lille
CNRS
CNRS
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