Amsterdam: Sovereignty and Legal Agency of a 17th-Century Commercial City - (Legal History Library) by Dave de Ruysscher & Janne E Nijman

Book Synopsis

This volume examines the sovereignty and autonomy of the city of Amsterdam in the seventeenth century. Amsterdam was part of the institutional landscape of the county of Holland and the Dutch Republic, though its economic power encompassed the globe and elevated its political clout at home. Analyzing aspects of the city's institutions, trade, art, and religion, the papers in this volume shed new light on Amsterdam's history during its Golden Age.

Contributors are: Bart Wallet, Janne E. Nijman, Marc de Wilde, Dave De ruysscher, Johannes W. Flume, Arjan de Koomen, Maurits den Hollander, Vincent van Hoof, Victor Le Breton Blon, and Tessa de Boer.

About the Author

Dave De ruysscher, Ph.D (2009), KU Leuven, works at Tilburg University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel as a professor of legal history. His research focuses on the history of commercial law in the early modern period.

Janne E. Nijman, PhD. (2004), University of Leiden, is a professor of international law at the University of Amsterdam and the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. She publishes on cities and international law.