Economies of marriage : managing marital status -- Economies of justice : the possibilities of a people's court -- Economies of family politics : litigation communities, subject, and state -- Economies of markets : borrowing, customary practices, and emerging markets -- Economies of violence : battery, neighbourhood values, and legal remedies
Summary
In 17th-century France, families were essential in the shaping of capitalism and the process of state formation. Exploring civil lawsuits in French cities, 'Family Business' reveals the part that the management of everyday difficulties, in court and out, played in these wider phenomena
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-247) and index
