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- Title
Statut corporatif et responsabilité personnelle dans la liquidation des dettes de la Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France.
- Authors
DEWAR, HELEN
- Abstract
The historiography on the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France (CNF) focuses primarily on its role in the colonization of New France. By examining its form, this article resituates the CNF in the larger history of European experimentations with the joint-stock company. The liquidation of the company’s debts in the 1630s and 1640s forced associates, directors, and jurists to articulate their understanding of who was liable for the enterprise’s financial health. Evaluating the legal and moral arguments of the parties concerned, this article argues that the complexity of the liability of associates and directors resulted from the intersection of the corporate, monarchical and commercial worlds.
- Subjects
CORPORATE image; SOCIAL responsibility of business; LIQUIDATION; CORPORATE debt; COMPAGNIE de la Nouvelle-France; CORPORATE history; STOCK companies
- Publication
Revue d'Histoire de l'Amérique Française, 2022, Vol 75, Issue 4, p33
- ISSN
0035-2357
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7202/1096767ar