Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Situating the Court: Institutional Structure, Jurisdictional Conflict, and the Rise of a New Conception of Commerce 16
6. 2. The Court’s Self-Conception as a Bastion of Virtue: Relational Contracting and a Community-Based Approach to Procedure 57
7. 3. An Equity-Oriented View of Contract: The Court’s Resolution of Disputes Concerning Sales, Employment, and Marriage 96
8. 4. Société and Sociability: The Changing Structure of Business Associations and the Problem of Merchant Relations 141
9. 5. A Crisis in Virtue: The Challenges of Negotiability and the Rise of a New Commercial Culture 188
10. 6. Launching a National Campaign: The Administrative Monarchy and the Demands of le Commerce 238
11. Conclusion 286
12. Appendix 299
13. Notes 307
14. Index 375