The Origins of Corporations - The Mills of Toulouse in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)

Fully modern corporations appeared in fourteenth-century Toulouse, much earlier than previously believed Germain Sicard proves that Europe's first corporations were fourteenth-century mill companies operating in Toulouse, rather than seventeenth-century English and Dutch trading companies as commonly believed. He shows that the corporate form derives from a unique ownership contract from Medieval Europe called pariage, and a culture of strong property rights and municipal self-governance. Based on archival research, Sicard's 1952 thesis has been translated into English with an introduction that places the work in the context of new institutional economics and legal theory. It is an important contribution to research on the history and legal origins of the corporation.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2015
Authors:	Germain Sicard
Translators:	Matthew Landry
Editors:	William N. Goetzmann
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	520
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-15648-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic systems > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
LSN:	0-300-15648-0
Barcode:	9780300156485

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