Law, Debt, and Merchant Power
Subtitle: The Civil Courts of 18th Century Halifax
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781487523169
Subjects: Civil law, canada; Courts, canada; Corporate debt; Nova scotia, social conditions; Nova scotia, economic conditions
Description: "In Law, Debt, and Merchant Power, James Muir offers an extensive analysis of the civil cases of the time as well as the reasons behind their frequency. Muir's lively and detailed account of the individuals involved in litigation reveals a paradoxical society where debtors were also debt-collectors. Law, Debt, and Merchant Power demonstrates how important the law was for people in their business affairs and how they shaped it for their own ends"--