Labardin, Pierre - In: Accounting History Review 21 (2011) 3, pp. 263-283
Following Colbert's <italic>Ordonnance</italic> of 1673, most of whose provisions were reiterated in the <italic>Code de Commerce</italic>, 1807 and the Law of Bankruptcy, 1838, traders in France were under a legal obligation to keep accounts of their business activities. In the event of bankruptcy, traders were potentially...