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Book SynopsisThe Development of Commercial Law in Sweden and Finland provides a broad perspective on recent research into the history of North European commercial law in a comparative and international framework. The book brings together themes that have previously been considered largely from a national perspective. Despite Sweden's and Finland's peripheral locations in Europe, global legal phenomena took place there as well. These countries were at the crossroads of cultures and commercial interests, allowing us to re-examine them as lively laboratories for commercial laws and practices rather than dismissing them as a negligible periphery. The importance of trade and international transactions cannot be disclaimed, but the book also emphasizes the resilient nature of commercial law. Contributors are: Dave De ruysscher, Stefania Gialdroni, Ulla Ijäs, Marko Lamberg, Heikki Pihlajamäki, Jussi Sallila, and Katja Tikka.
Table of Contents List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction: A Swedish-Finnish Viewpoint Katja Tikka and Jussi Sallila 2 “Unlawful Contracts and Foreign Subtlety’’ – (In)Tolerance towards External Legal Customs and Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Stockholm, c. 1475–1635 Marko Lamberg 3 Chartered Companies in Sweden, the Dutch Republic and England (c.1600–c.1630): Experiments in Corporate Governance Dave De ruysscher 4 The Swedish Tar Company – Balancing Between Privileges, Commerce and Foreign Politics Katja Tikka 5 Invisibility and Information: Commercial Legal Practices at the Grass-Roots Level in a Nineteenth-Century Finnish Timber Trading Company Ulla Ijäs 6 Commercial Law on the Periphery: University Teaching of Commercial Law in Finland, ca. 1780–1846 Jussi Sallila 7 The Making of Modern Scholarship of Commercial Law in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Finland: Models and Adaptations Heikki Pihlajamäki 8 Sweden and Finland: A Lively Laboratory for Commercial Laws and Practices Stefania Gialdroni Index
