My Papers | Dave De ruysscher

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d.deruysscher@tilburguniversity.edu

ORCID: 0000-0001-7675-5475

JOURNAL ARTICLES

De ruysscher, D., “Designing the limits of creditworthiness. Insolvency in Antwerp bankruptcy legislation and practice (16th-17th centuries)”, The Legal History Review (Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis) 76 (2008), 307-327.

De ruysscher, D., “Antwerp commercial legislation in Amsterdam in the 17th century. Legal transplant or jumping board?”, The Legal History Review (Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis) 77 (2009), 459-479.

De ruysscher, D., “Innovating Financial Law in the Early Modern Netherlands and Europe: Transfers of Commercial Paper and Recourse Liability in Legislation and Ius Commune (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)”, European Review of Private Law 19 (2011), 505-518.

De ruysscher, D., “Handel in oud en nieuw recht: lobbyen voor een afzonderlijk handelsrecht doorheen de geschiedenis”, Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht 2011, 1599-1647.

De ruysscher, D., “From Usages of Merchants to Default Rules: Practices of Trade, Ius Commune and Urban Law in Early Modern Antwerp”, The Journal of Legal History 33/1 (2012), 3-29.

De ruysscher, D., “La lex mercatoria contextualisée: tracer son parcours intellectuel”, Revue historique de droit français et étranger 2012/4, 499-515.

De ruysscher, D. and Puttevils, J., “The Art of Compromise. Legislative Deliberation on Marine Insurance Institutions in Antwerp (c. 1550-c. 1570)”, BMGN-Low Countries Historical Review 130/3 (2015), 25-49.

De ruysscher, D. and M. In’t Veld, “De gewoonte in het Belgisch en Nederlands economisch privaatrecht”, Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht 2017, 417-454.

De ruysscher, D., “Bescheiden toezichter of bemiddelaar? De plaats van de rechter in reorganisatie en faillissement vanuit rechtshistorisch perspectief”, Tijdschrift voor Privaatrecht 2018, 147-218.

De ruysscher, D., “Legal Culture, Path Dependence and Dysfunctional Layering in Corporate Insolvency Law (Belgium, 19th-21st Centuries)”, International Insolvency Review 27/3 (2018), 374-397.

De ruysscher, D., “Security Interests, Insolvency and the Ranking of Debts. in Early Modern Continental Europe: Transnational Trends in Legal Change”, Rechtskultur: Zeitschrift für europäische Rechtsgeschichte 7 (2018), 1-10.

De ruysscher, D. and Kotlyar, I., “Local Traditions v. Academic Law: Collateral Rights over Movables in Holland (c. 1300-c. 1700)”, Tijdschrift voor rechtsgeschiedenis 86 (2018), 365-403.

De ruysscher, D., “At the End, the Creditors Win. Pre-Insolvency Proceedings in France, Belgium and the Netherlands (1807-c. 1910)”, Comparative Legal History 6/2 (2018), 184-206.

De ruysscher, D., “Ius Commune Legal Scholarship and Coherence: the Author’s Structure”, Historia et Ius 8/15 (2019), nr. 7.

De ruysscher, D., “Conceptualizing Lex Mercatoria: Malynes, Schmitthoff and Goldman Compared”, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 27/4 (2020), 465-483.

De ruysscher, D., “Entity shielding y los inicios del patrimonio de las sociedades (Amberes, siglos XVI-XVII)”, Anuario de historia del derecho 90 (2020), 242-271.

De ruysscher, D., “Maxims and Cases: Maritime Law and the Blending of Merchant and Legal Culture in the Low Countries (16th-17th Centuries)”, Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung (Germanistische Abteilung) 138/1 (2021), 260-275.

De ruysscher, D. and In’t Veld, M., “Rembrandt’s Insolvency: the Artist as Legal Actor”, Oud-Holland 134/1 (2021) 9-24.

De ruysscher, D., ‘Mercantile Jurisdiction and Sovereignty: The City of Antwerp versus the German Hansa (16th Century)’, under review.

De ruysscher, D. and In't Veld, C.M., “Rembrandt’s insolvency: a reply”, Oud-Holland 135 (2022) 48-54.

De ruysscher, D., “Shipping, Commerce and the Risk of Jurisdiction: the Scheldt Trade (Sixteenth Century)”, in M. Fusaro (ed.), Risk Management and Jurisdictional Boundaries Pre-Modern Europe, thematic issue of Quaderni Storici 171 (2023) 625-648.

De ruysscher, D., “The Rule of Law in Cities of the Medieval Low Countries: Community-Building in Context”, The Hague Journal of the Rule of Law 15/2 (2023) 227-241.

De ruysscher, D.,“The Merchant on Stage. Grand Narratives in the History of Commercial Law”, Zeitschrift für neuere Rechtsgeschichte, 45/190 (2023), 75-96.

De ruysscher, D., “Coutumes et droit urbain: conserver et adapter la tradition (Pays-bas, 16e-17e siècles)”, Revue historique de droit français et étranger 2023-1, 11-30.

De ruysscher, D., “Grotius and Limited Liability”, Grotiana 44/2 (2023) 334-365.

De ruysscher, D., “Shipping, commerce and the risk of jurisdiction: the Scheldt trade (sixteenth century)”, in M. Fusaro (ed.), Risk management and Jurisdictional Boundaries Pre-Modern Europe, thematic issue of Quaderni Storici 171 (2023) 625-648.

De ruysscher, D., “Historia jurídica en los Países Bajos y Bélgica en torno a 1924”, Anuario de historia del derecho 94 (2024) 113-135.

De ruysscher, D. and De Reu, P., “Pre-Insolvency and Court Dynamics in Antwerp (c. 1880-1914)”, Enterprise & Society, published online Jan. 2025.

S. De Nys-Ketels and De ruysscher, D., “Building the law: law-making and lobbying in Belgium’s construction sector (c. 1890-c. 1940)”, Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis 93 (2025), 237-263.

De ruysscher, D, “Ordonnanties over civiele procedure en orde in de stedelijke rechtbank(en) in Antwerpen (c. 1400-1620)”, Handelingen van de Koninklijke Commissie voor de uitgave der Oude Wetten en Verordeningen van België/Bulletin de la Commission royale pour la publication des anciens lois et ordonnances de la Belgique 59 (2025), 11-229.

De ruysscher, D., “Monitoring the Law of Trade: The Perceived Dangers of Legal Pluralism in 16th-Century Antwerp”, Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (2026), in press.

Book chapters

De ruysscher, D., “L’acculturation juridique des pratiques commerciales à Anvers. L’exemple de la lettre de change (XVIe-XVIIe siècle)” in B Coppein, F. Stevens and L. Waelkens (eds.), L’acculturation juridique. Actes des Journées de la Société d’Histoire du Droit (Iuris Scripta Historica XXV), Brussels, Academy Palace, 2011, 151-160.

De ruysscher, D., “Reconciling old and new: imprisonment for debts and cessio bonorum, in Antwerp and Mechelen (c. 1500–c. 1530)” in J.W. Oosterhuis and E. Van Dongen (eds.), European Traditions: Integration or Disintegration?, Oisterwijk, Wolff, 2012, 35-48.

De ruysscher, D., “Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Debt Collection Among Merchants in Antwerp (c. 1490-c. 1540)” in Th.M. Safley (ed.), The History of Bankruptcy. Economic, social and cultural implications in early modern Europe, Abingdon, Routledge, 2013, 185-199.

De ruysscher, D., “Praktijkgerichtheid in de rechtbank van koophandel (19de-21ste eeuw): een uitgeholde traditie opnieuw ingevuld” in De ruysscher, D. (ed.), Lekenparticipatie en rechtspreken: noodzaak of traditie?, Antwerp, Maklu, 2013, 137-171.

De ruysscher, D., “Balancing Interests in Stepfamilies: Droit de Dévolution and Bijleving (Southern Low Countries, 16th-18th Centuries)” in De ruysscher, D. and Alofs, E. (eds.), Het nieuw samengesteld gezin: recht en geschiedenis. Blended families: law and history, Antwerp, Maklu, 2014, ISBN 978-90-466-0606-3, 49-62.

De ruysscher, D., “Bending the Code civil: married women, their capacity to engage in contracts and the partnership between spouses (Belgium, 1804-c. 1865)”, in E. Schandevyl (ed.), Women in Law and Law-making in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Europe, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2014, 131-153.

De ruysscher, D., “Normative Hybridity in Antwerp Marine Insurance (c. 1650-c. 1700)” in Donlan, S. and Heirbaut, D. (eds.), The Law’s Many Bodies, Studies in legal hybridity and jurisdictional complexity c1600-1900, Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 2015, 145-168.

De ruysscher, D., “Antwerp 1490-1590: Insurance and Speculation”, in A.B Leonard (ed.), Marine Insurance: Origins and Institutions, 1300-1850, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2015, 78-105.

De ruysscher, D., “A Business Trust for Partnerships? Early Conceptions of Company-Related Assets in Legal Literature, and Antwerp Forensic and Commercial Practice (Later Sixteenth-Early Seventeenth Century)” in B. Van Hofstraeten and W. Decock (eds.), Companies and company law in late-medieval and early modern Europe, (Iuris Scripta Historica 39), Leuven, Peeters, 2016, 9-27.

De ruysscher, D., “The Struggle for Voluntary Bankruptcy and Debt Adjustment in Antwerp (c. 1520-c. 1550)” in A. Cordes and M. Schulte-Beerbühl (eds.), Dealing with economic failures: between norm and practice (15th-21stcentury), Frankfurt, Peter Lang, 2016, 77-95.

De ruysscher, D., ‘Business Rescue, Turnaround Management and the Legal Regime of Default and Insolvency in Western History (late Middle Ages to Present Day)’ in J.I. Adriaanse and J.-P. van der Rest (eds.), Turnaround Management and Bankruptcy, London, Routledge, 2017, 22-42.

De ruysscher, D., “Partnerships as Flexible and Open-Purpose Entities: Legal and Commercial Practice in Nineteenth-Century Antwerp (c. 1830-c. 1850)” in De ruysscher, D., Cordes, A., Dauchy, S. and Pihlajamäki, H. (eds.), The Company in Law and Practice: Did Size Matter? (Middle Ages-Nineteenth Century), (Studies in the History of Private Law), Leiden, Brill, 2017, 158-202.

De ruysscher, D., “How Normative were Merchant Manuals? Of Customs, Practices, Techniques and … Good Advice (Antwerp 16th Century)” in Pihlajamäki, H., Cordes, A., Dauchy, S. and De ruysscher, D. (eds.), Understanding the Sources of Early Modern and Modern Commercial Law: Courts, Statutes, Contracts and Legal Scholarship, (Studies in the History of Private Law), Leiden, Brill, 2018, 144-165.

De ruysscher, D., “Belgium. Marine insurance” in Ph. Hellwege (ed.), A Comparative History of Insurance Law in Europe. A Research Agenda (Comparative Studies in the History of Insurance Law), Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 2018, vol. 1, 110-132.

De ruysscher, D., “Antwerp Commercial Law in the Sixteenth Century: a Product of the Renaissance? The Legal Facilitating, Appropriating and Transforming of Mercantile Practices” in B. Blondé and Puttevils, J. (eds.), Antwerp in the Renaissance (Studies in European Urban History), Turnhout, Brepols, 2020, 53-86.

De ruysscher, D., “Crafting the Hierarchy of Debts (Antwerp, 15th-16th Centuries)” in G. Oppitz-Trotman and L. Kolb(ed.), Early Modern Debt, London, Palgrave MacMillan, 2020, 131-152.

De ruysscher, D., “Why We Need a History of Collateral Rights: the Example of Antwerp (15th-16th Century)” in L. Brunori, S. Dauchy, O. Descamps and X. Prévost (eds.), Le droit face à l'économie sans travail. Finance, investissement et spéculation de l'Antiquité à nos jours. Tome II: L'approche internationale, Paris, Classiques Garnier (Histoire du droit), 297-308.

De ruysscher, D., “Chartered Companies in Sweden, the Dutch Republic and North-West Europe (c.1600-c.1630): Experimenting in Corporate Governance” in K. Tikka (ed.), The Development of Commercial Law in Sweden and Finland (Early Modern Period-Nineteenth Century) (Studies in the History of Private Law), Leiden, Brill, 2020, 59-91.

De ruysscher, D., “Changes in Sovereignty Concepts of Cities of Trade and the Impact on Diplomatic Relations (Low Countries, 15th-16th Centuries)”, in L. Brunori (ed.), La dynamique juridique des réseaux marchands: hanses, nations, agences, filiales et comptoirs, Toulouse, Toulouse University Press, 2023, 83-98.

De ruysscher, D., “Trade and Navigation in Renaissance Europe” in R. Lesaffer (ed.), The Cambridge History of International Law, vol. 6, Cambridge, CUP, 2025, 263-300.

De ruysscher, D., “Trade in Old Regime Europe (1660-1775)” in R. Lesaffer (ed.), The Cambridge History of International Law, vol. 6, Cambridge, CUP, 2025, 620-650.

De ruysscher, D., “Hiding in Plain Sight: Sovereignty and the Legal Self-Image of the City of Amsterdam (16th-17th Centuries)” in D. De ruysscher and J. Nijman (eds.), Amsterdam: Sovereignty and Legal Agency of a Commercial City (17th Century), Leiden, Brill, 2026, in press.

De ruysscher, D., “The history of the international law of responsible business” in B.F. Wernaart (ed.), The Routledge Companion to International Law and Responsible Business, Abingdon, Routledge, 2026, in press.

De ruysscher, D., Debersaques, L. and Vanneste, T., “The expert’s not knowing: authority as art” in Heyndrickx, L. and De ruysscher, D. (eds.), Sites of construction: Connected Histories, Brussels, Owl Press, 2026, in press.

Other publications

The above is an overview of selected publications. For a complete list, see:

https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/persons/dave-de-ruysscher

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