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.
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.
Law, Debt, and Merchant Power: The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax
302Law, Debt, and Merchant Power: The Civil Courts of Eighteenth-Century Halifax
302Paperback(Reprint)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781487523169 |
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Publisher: | University of Toronto Press |
Publication date: | 03/30/2018 |
Series: | Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 302 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d) |