{"product_id":"origins-of-corporations-the-mills-of-toulouse-in-the-middle-ages-hardcover","title":"Origins of Corporations: The Mills of Toulouse in the Middle Ages - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGermain Sicard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Landry\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eWilliam N. Goetzmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFully modern corporations appeared in fourteenth-century Toulouse, much earlier than previously believed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Germain Sicard proves that Europe's first corporations were fourteenth-century mill companies operating in Toulouse, rather than seventeenth-century English and Dutch trading companies as commonly believed. He shows that the corporate form derives from a unique ownership contract from Medieval Europe called pariage, and a culture of strong property rights and municipal self-governance. Based on archival research, Sicard's 1952 thesis has been translated into English with an introduction that places the work in the context of new institutional economics and legal theory. It is an important contribution to research on the history and legal origins of the corporation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGermain Sicard\u003c\/b\u003e is a jurist and legal historian who served as Officer of General Affairs, Center for Historical Research, School of Practical Studies in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 520\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50099190726904,"sku":"9780300156485","price":192.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/0HsgPrSik9780300156485.webp?v=1785678655","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/origins-of-corporations-the-mills-of-toulouse-in-the-middle-ages-hardcover","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}