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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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The Symposium on the Influence of German Legal Thought in Central Europe

Journal on European History of Law, 2015
Gábor Hamza
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Declining female participation: Mechanisms at play in the Viennese private annuity market, c. 1360–1450

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the high and late Middle Ages, the European economy witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of capital markets, a phenomenon connected to urbanization and pestilence, both of which brought profound changes to the social, legal, and economic positions of women.
Anna Molnár
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Lack of Will in Roman Law compared to Croatian Contract Law

U radu se obrađuje tema mane volje u rimskom pravu, s naglaskom na zabludi kao najspornijoj mani volje u rimskom, ali i hrvatskom ugovornom pravu. Uspoređuju se mane volje kojima razvoj potječe iz rimskog prava s razvojem i reguliranjem mana volje u ...
Telišman, Lucija
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The depth and breadth of capitalism at the Cape

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Limited liability company legislation was introduced to the Cape Colony in 1861. An amendment in 1892 led to wider adoption, expanding and diversifying the capital market. Using novel data from the Cape Joint Stock Archive between 1892 and 1902, this paper examines who invested, where capital flowed, and how these patterns shaped firm outcomes
Edward Kerby, Lloyd Melusi Maphosa
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Naturalis obligatio in Roman and contemporary law

U ovom diplomskom radu obrađuje se institut naturalis obligatio odnosno naravna obveza u rimskom i suvremenom pravu. Cilj rada jest objasniti kako se ovaj institut razvio od rimskog prava do njegove današnje uloge u hrvatskom i austrijskom pravnom ...
Vrkašević, Ana
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Hunting for Hollanders: The community responsibility system, trade sanctions, and public debt in the late‐medieval Low Countries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
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Societas in Roman law with reference to the corresponding contemporary Croatian law

Ovaj rad analizira društvenu pogodbu (societas) u rimskom pravu i njen razvoj u suvremenom hrvatskom pravu. U rimskom pravu, societas je bila konsenzualni ugovor između dviju ili više strana koje su se udruživale radi zajedničke koristi, bez pravne ...
Pavlović, Ivana
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Love and the Basis of Dignity

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract It is often said that dignity is the ground of human rights. But what grounds dignity? According to proponents of the metaphysical view, dignity is grounded in our rational capacities, our sense of justice, or a disjunctive list of valuable capacities.
Jordan David Thomas Walters
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Retrieving Your Concepts: Iris Murdoch on Original Sin

European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract In The Sovereignty of Good, Iris Murdoch argues that our moral thinking will be impoverished until it possesses a secular conception of original sin. Such a notion would need to remove unacceptable Christian baggage while retaining a genuine claim to be a descendant of the original Christian concept.
Samuel Filby
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