The Development of Commercial Law in Sweden and Finland (Early Modern Period–Nineteenth Century)

Katja Tikka, Ph.D. (2020), has worked as research assistant and Ph.D. student at the University of Helsinki in the project “The Making of Commercial Law”, which produced this book. Her research focuses on the early modern trading companies.

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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



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