revolution in commerce
Subtitle: the Parisian merchant court and the rise of commercial society in eighteenth-century France
By: Amalia D. Kessler.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Haven, Conn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300113976
Subjects: Paris (France). -- Juge et consuls des marchands -- History; Commercial courts -- France -- Paris -- History; Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Situating the court : institutional structure, jurisdictional conflict, and the rise of a new conception of commerce; title: The court's self-conception as a bastion of virtue : relational contracting and a community-based approach to procedure; title: An equity-oriented view of contract : the court's resolution of disputes concerning sales, employment, and marriage; title: Société and sociability : the changing structure of business associations and the problem of merchant relations; title: A crisis in virtue : the challenges of negotiability and the rise of a new commercial culture; title: Launching a national campaign: the administrative monarchy and the demands of Le commerce.