International Investment Law Journal (Jul 2022)

The Removal of Economic Barriers in the Process of Social Deconstruction. Legal Precedents Created by Prosbul, the VOC and Loi le Chapelier

  • Bogdan-Radu Herzog

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 127 – 136

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The article explores the historical role plaid by interest and incorporation as corrosive forces employed in the process of transforming traditional societies. The Solve et Coagula method, which seeks the dissolution of natural identities and their replacement by man-made constructs, requires the annihilation of social, political and economic barriers which used to protect traditional societies. Legal precedents such as the prosbul of Rabbi Hillel the Elder, the establishment of the first modern corporation (VOC) and Loi le Chappelier are presented in this context. The works of major sociologists such as Weber, Davies, Ilie Bădescu or Cătălin Zamfir and economists such as Michael Hudson offer the theoretical framework for the analysis.

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