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Holger Fleischer, Peter Agstner

Personengesellschaften in Italien und Deutschland

Section: Aufsätze
Volume 81 (2017) / Issue 2, pp. 299-343 (45)
Published 09.07.2018
DOI 10.1628/003372517X14912063552004
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Summary
This paper explores the trajectories of partnership law in Italy and Germany, firstly tracing its origins back to both the classical societas in Roman law and the late medieval commenda and compagnia in Northern Italy. It moves on to analyse the key characteristics of partnerships on both sides of the Alps, beginning with their legal nature and the organisation of partnership property either as joint property or as a community of collected hands (Gesamthand). Further topics include the liability of partners vis-à-vis third parties and the principles of management and the legal representation of partnerships in both jurisdictions.