«Reflexiones sobre el estado actual del comercio de España» —Reflections on the current state of commerce in Spain— was anonymously published in 1761. At the time both the treatise and its author, the merchant Simón de Aragorri, were well known. Nevertheless, the work vanished for...

This paper contains a brief presentation of the economic history of Spain. It also analyzes the Spanish legislation and practice in several legal areas that are key to define the current profile of Spanish Economic Law (Trade, Investment, Financial Regulation, Insurance, Stock Exchanges,...

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preliminary Note -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Merchants' Handbooks (1699-1759): Educate, Inform, Reform -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Pérez de Moya to Corachán -- 3 From Corachán to Bordázar -- 4 The...

The R. Cantillon’s Essai sur la nature du commerce en général (1755) is considered a major work in the context of the economic literature of the European Enlightenment, and, therefore, its analytical and normative aspects have been widely studied. However, the characteristics of its...