{"product_id":"origins-of-corporations-germain-sicard-9780300156485","title":"The Origins of Corporations: The Mills of Toulouse in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cb\u003eFully modern corporations appeared in fourteenth-century Toulouse, much earlier than previously believed\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Germain Sicard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300156480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300156485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.40d","brand":"Germain Sicard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057813713151,"sku":"9780300156485","price":112.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a2dddf8-c1fc-4f1f-bb74-b8dab2a329a3.jpg?v=1685049018","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/origins-of-corporations-germain-sicard-9780300156485","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}