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100	1		_aHawk, Barry.
245	1	0	_aLaw and Commerce in Pre-Industrial Societies.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a1 online resource (349 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- 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) -- 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 -- 3 Security from State Invasions of Property -- 4 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 -- 1.7 Medieval Europe - Commercial and Legal Revolutions.
505	8		_a1.8 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) -- 6.4 Demands for Speedy, Impartial and Experienced Dispute Resolution -- 7 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 -- 1.3 Multigenerational Business -- 1.4 Family versus the Individual -- 2 Business Organizations -- 2.1 Modern Forms of Business Organization and Corporate Law Default Rules -- 2.2 Partnerships for Single Projects -- 2.3 Business Organizations to Pool Capital and Share Risk beyond Single Projects -- 2.4 Forms of Organization to Partition Assets -- 3 Accounting, Credit and Financial Institutions -- 4 Conclusions -- 6: Consumer Protection, Competition, Fair Prices and Agency/Information Institutions -- 1 Fair Dealing and Consumer Protection -- 1.1 Ubiquity of Local Markets -- 1.2 Fair Dealing and Consumer Protection -- 2 Grain Trade: Regulation and Competition Laws -- 2.1 Critical Importance of Grain.
505	8		_a2.2 Competition Laws -- 3 "Unfair Prices" -- 4 Institutions to Meet Agency Concerns -- 5 Institutions to Provide Market Information -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aLegal and informal institutions were developed to secure persons and property, resolve commercial disputes, raise capital and share risk, promote fair dealing, regulate agents and gather market information. Law and Commerce in Pre-Industrial Societies examines commerce, its participants and these institutions through the lens of nine pre-industrial societies from hunter/gatherers to 18th century Qing merchants.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aCommercial law-History.
650		0	_aCommerce-History.
650		0	_aLaw and economic development-History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aHawk, Barry _tLaw and Commerce in Pre-Industrial Societies _dBoston : BRILL,c2015 _z9789004306233
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4082144 _zClick to View
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