FROM <i> VSVS MERCATORVM</i> TO COMMERCIAL USE. NOTES AND TEXTS ON TRADE MORES

Authors

  • Carlos Petit Universidade Huelva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v48i0.15741

Keywords:

cultura mercantil, common law, práticas comerciais medievais, mercantile culture, medieval commercial practices

Abstract

Mercantile culture in medievaltimes was a complex phenomenon notrestricted to modern limitations due to theprocess of codification. Mercantile practicesdid not limit themselves to legislated tradelaw on the basis of abstract rules but theymanifest themselves through the habits ofcorporation’s members and professionals.Such habits were rights derived from theirpractices and more than autonomous legalrules they were primary sources for lawmaking. These common law rules werethe law of merchants and they determinedstandards for professional behavior andcommodities trade. Commercial or tradepractices expressed the tradition of iuscommune with a strong religious andcooperative feature based on the valueof friendship.

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Petit, C. (2008). FROM <i> VSVS MERCATORVM</i> TO COMMERCIAL USE. NOTES AND TEXTS ON TRADE MORES. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito UFPR, 48. https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v48i0.15741

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 0 (2008)

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