The history of commercial partnerships in the middle ages / Max Weber; translated and introduced by Lutz Kaelber.

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.

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Weber, Max, -- 1864-1920.

Commerce -- History -- Medieval, 5001500.

Commercial law -- History -- To 1500.

Partnership -- History.

Law, Medieval.

Law -- History.

Series editor's foreword: Max Weber : a man of many words / Charles Lemert

Introduction : Max Weber's dissertation in the context of his early career and life / Lutz Kaelber

The history of commercial partnerships in the middle ages: Prefatory remarks

1. Roman and current law : plan of the investigation

2. The partnerships of maritime law

3. Family communities and communities of labor

4. Pisa : the law of partnership according to the Constitutum Usus

5. Florence

6. The legal literature : conclusion

Appendix : overview of the documents.

The first complete English edition of Weber's prelude to "The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism" and "Economy and society" - cover.

Includes index.

0742520498

xviii, 196 p.