近代上海钱业习惯法初探  

Customary Law in the Traditional Native Bank Industry in Pre-1949 Shanghai: A Preliminary Exploration

作　　者：杜恂诚[1] 

机构地区：[1]上海财经大学经济学院,教授200433

出　　处：《历史研究》2006年第1期65-78,共14页Historical Research

摘　　要：近代上海钱庄业具有很高的行业信用,是与其习惯法密不可分的。钱业习惯法主要体现为各种行业规则,加入钱业公会的会员必须遵守这些规则。这些行业规则通过各种途径向外界扩散,成为公认的规范市场秩序的有机环节。在弱政府的环境下,上海钱业公会是以习惯法进行自我治理的同业组织,体现出一些西方学者所谓“第三方实施机制”的制度特征,可视为新制度经济学的一个典型案例。The high creditworthiness of traditional private native banks in early modern Shanghai is inseparable from customary law within the industry. The main body of customary law comprised codes of behavior for each trade. Every member of the native bank guild had to obey their guild's regulations. These codes of behavior expanded into the outside world by different paths to form a commonly accepted organic link in market regulation. At a time of weak government, the native bank guild in Shanghai exercised self-governance through customary law, showing some institutional characteristics of what Western researchers call“the third-party enforcement mechanism.”Therefore, it may be regarded as a typical case in the new institutional economics.

关 键 词：习惯法 钱业公会 行业信用 

分 类 号：K29[历史地理—历史学]