Intra-European Litigation in Eighteenth-Century Izmir

The Role of the Merchants' Style
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-38270-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 755 g

Reihe: Mediterranean Reconfigurations

Scholars have long debated the use of law to settle international trade disputes in the early modern period. In this book, Tijl Vanneste uses the case study of commercial litigation before the Dutch consular court of Izmir to argue that merchants relied on a particular blend of mercantile customs, which he calls ‘the merchants’ style’, and specific legal forms and procedures, laid down in written regulations, and dependent on local and international circumstances. The book challenges the idea of a universal ‘law merchant’, to replace it with a more nuanced analysis that centralizes the interplay between informal merchant custom, as advocated by traders and judges alike, and formal procedural legislation, drawn mostly from Roman law, in the resolution of mercantile disputes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vanneste, Tijl

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Über Autor(innen)

Tijl Vanneste, Ph.D. (2009), researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI) of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. His current research is about women’s labour in the diamond industry. He has worked extensively on early modern cross-cultural trade networks.