Restoring trust and credit through innovative governance in 17th-century Amsterdam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20446290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maurits den Hollander (0000-0001-9264-6025, Assistant professor in Legal History, Department of Public Law and Governance, Tilburg University The Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 481-499 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis / Revue d Histoire du Droit / The Legal History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-7585 • E-ISSN: 1571-8190 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15718190-12340025 |
| OpenAlex | W4226329830 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article explores the important connections between trust, credit, and innovative governance in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. It combines theoretical insights from both (legal) history and sociology to arrive at a broader understanding of the nature and functioning of trust between creditors and debtors. This article also moves beyond the existing literature, empirically testing the effect of innovative legal institutions on economic relations by means of case studies taken from the rich archives left behind by the Desolate Boedelskamer . Through the creation of systemic trust, innovative governance in the form of efficient insolvency legislation helped to restore good faith between creditors and debtors, strengthening both Amsterdam’s economy and civic community
Bankruptcy · Business · Corporate governance · Creditor · Faith · Insolvency · Law and economics · Legislation · Political science · Restructuring · Sociology · Finance · Historical Economic and Legal Thought · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Public Administration
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |