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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Law and Commerce in Pre-Industrial Societies; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1: Commerce, Law and Evidence; 1 Evidence of Commerce and Law; 2: Commerce, Merchants and Homo Economicus; 1 Ubiquity of Commerce and Trade; 1.1 Hunters, Gatherers and Pre-Literate Farmers; 1.2 Mesopotamia (3000-1600 BC); 1.3 Ancient Egypt (3000-1069 BC); 1.4 Classical Athens (480-330 BC); 1.5 Roman Republic and Empire (100 BC-200 AD); 1.6 Early Islamic World (750-1100 AD); 1.7 European Commercial Revolution (1000-1500 AD); 1.8 Medieval Southern India (850-1500 AD). |
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1.9 Early Qing China (1644-1800 AD)2 Primacy of Commerce and Trade; 3 Homo Economicus and Economic Analysis; 3: Security of Persons and Property; 1 Security in Local Markets; 1.1 General Security Institutions; 1.2 Local Security for Resident or Itinerant Foreign Merchants; 2 Security in Long-distance Trade (in transit Security); 2.1 Fictional Blood Brother/Kin Relationships and Neutral Intermediaries; 2.2 Silent Trade; 2.3 Amân (Safe Passage); 2.4 Merchant Networks and Private Armies (Private Ordering); 2.5 Treaties and Commercial Agreements; 2.6 Public Order. |
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3 Security from State Invasions of Property4 Concluding Remarks and Questions; 4: Dispute Resolution; 1 Introduction and General Legal Systems; 1.1 Hunter/Gatherers and pre-literate farmers- Rules, Enforcement and Sanctions Whether "Law" or "Social Norms"; 1.2 Mesopotamia -- Innovative Law and Expansive Commerce and Trade; 1.3 Egypt -- Law in a Politically Centralized and Economically Dominant State; 1.4 Athens -- Law in a Radical Democracy; 1.5 Rome -- Law Supporting Commerce in an Empire; 1.6 Early Islamic World -- Law Based on Religious Community. |
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1.7 Medieval Europe -- Commercial and Legal Revolutions1.8 Medieval Southern India -- Law Based on Caste or Occupation; 1.9 Qing China -- Imperial Administrative Law and Private Contract Rules; 2 Dispute Avoidance Institutions; 3 Mediation and Arbitration; 3.1 Public Mediation and Arbitration; 3.2 Private Mediation and Arbitration; 4 Dispute Resolution by Local Notables and Consuls; 5 Dispute Resolution by Popular Assemblies and Executive Bodies; 6 Courts; 6.1 Independence and Appellate Review; 6.2 Political Structure and Courts; 6.3 Community-Based Legal Systems (Islamic and Hindu Law). |
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6.4 Demands for Speedy, Impartial and Experienced Dispute Resolution7 Informal Dispute Resolution; 8 Remedies and Community Responsibility; 9 Substantive Rules, Legal Recognition of Business Innovations and Law(s) Merchant; 9.1 Substantive Legal Rules; 9.2 Legal Recognition of Business, Commercial and Financial Innovations; 9.3 Uniform Substantive Rules and "Law(s) Merchant" -- The Loch Ness of Legal History; 5: Business Organizations: Families, Partnerships and Companies; 1 Business Composition; 1.1 Personal Relationships and Family Business; 1.2 Family Networks. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Commercial law -- History.
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Commercial law. |
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History. |
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Commerce -- History.
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Commerce. |
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Law and economic development -- History.
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Law and economic development. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hawk, Barry E. Law and commerce in pre-industrial societies. Boston : Brill Nijhoff, 2015 (DLC) 2015031120 |
| ISBN |
9004306226 |
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9789004306226 (electronic book) |
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9789004306233 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004306226 |
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