The Place and Role of Company Law in the Codifications of West-European Commercial Law During the 19th Century

Sándor, István (2004) The Place and Role of Company Law in the Codifications of West-European Commercial Law During the 19th Century. Acta Juridica Hungarica, 45 (3-4). pp. 213-260. ISSN 1216-2574

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Abstract

The present study tries to summarise the role of company law in the codification process of civil law and commercial law. First, the study attempts to find the general features of the codification of company law summing up shortly the general history of company law. Later on the study describes the history of company law and commercial law in several Western-European countries. As a matter of fact the study deals with France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England. The study tries to grasp the common characteristics of the legal development in the foregoing countries. The study also stresses the common features of the different forms of company and describes the way how the various forms of company were separated. The study pays high attention so the influence of company law on the development of civil law and commercial law. The study takes into consideration the comparative legal approach while describing the history of company law in the Western European countries.

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