Big Business : [Rezension zu: Dave De ruysscher, Albrecht Cordes et al. (eds.), The Company in Law and Practice: Did Size Matter? (Middle Ages – Nineteenth Century), Leiden: Brill 2017, 223 p., ISBN 978-90-04-34849-3]

  • This collection edited by Dave De ruysscher, Albrecht Cordes, Serge Dauchy and Heikki Pihlajamäki considers what size or varieties of business were considered to be the best. The answer to this question depends on the time period under examination, and it also differs between jurisdictions. The chapters in the collection take a broad approach as they collectively cover a long time span and have a wide geographical spread. They consider examples from the Middle Ages, the early modern period and the 19th century. The places examined here are now in the jurisdictions of Germany, Italy, Belgium, Spain and England. As a whole, the chapters address some of the tension between the perceived advantages and disadvantages of big business against the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and also the limited liability corporation in comparison to the unlimited liability partnership form. The edited collection takes a deliberately integrative approach, as it combines concepts and ideas from legal studies with those of economic history, business studies and comparative political analysis. ...

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Author:Victoria Barnes
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-515326
DOI:https://doi.org/10.12946/rg27/322-324
ISSN:2195-9617
ISSN:1619-4993
Parent Title (Multiple languages):Rechtsgeschichte = Legal History
Publisher:Max-Planck-Inst. für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte
Place of publication:Frankfurt, M.
Contributor(s):Thomas Duve, Stefan Vogenauer
Document Type:Review
Language:English
Year of Completion:2019
Year of first Publication:2019
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2019/10/28
Volume:27
Page Number:4
First Page:322
Last Page:324
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Dieser Beitrag steht unter einer Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
HeBIS-PPN:456510028
Institutes:Rechtswissenschaft / Rechtswissenschaft
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht / 340 Recht
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0