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.
Form, size, “governance”: remarks on Italian late nineteenth-century companies / A. Monti (LEGAL HISTORY LIBRARY). - In: The company in law and practice: did size matter? (middle ages-nineteenth century) / [a cura di] D. De ruysscher, A. Cordes, S. Dauchy, H. Pihlajamäki. - [s.l] : Brill, 2017. - ISBN 9789004348493. - pp. 203-218 [10.1163/9789004351868_011]
Form, size, “governance”: remarks on Italian late nineteenth-century companies
A. Monti
2017
Abstract
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.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
---|---|---|---|
9789004348493-011-CH9-Monti-offprint.pdf
accesso riservato
Descrizione: saggio per esteso
Tipologia:
Publisher's version/PDF
Dimensione
668.37 kB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
668.37 kB | Adobe PDF | Visualizza/Apri Richiedi una copia |
Pubblicazioni consigliate
I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.