Reception of the ‘Limited liability company (GmbH)’

Contributions by Petra Skrejpkova Contributions by Kamila Staudigl-Ciechowicz Contributions by Zsolt Bujtár Contributions by Alexis Mages Contributions by Ferdinando Mazzarella Contributions by Dave De ruysscher Contributions by Janwillem Oosterhuis Contributions by Susana Martínez-Rodríguez Contributions by Timothy Guinnane Contributions by Philipp Schwartz Contributions by Oleksandr Kovalyshyn Contributions by Michał Moszyński Edited by Martin Löhnig Edited by Anna Moszyńska

Book cover: Reception of the ‘Limited liability company (GmbH)’

Extent: 284 pages

Publisher: Böhlau Verlag Wien

Subjects: Business & Economics, Law

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2023)

ISBN: 9783205218869

6.3 x 9.25 inches

Price: $74.00

In stock

The path of the GmbH to becoming Europe’s most important corporate form


The limited liability company (GmbH) was created by the German legislature in 1892 as a company form without any historical forerunners or suggestions from comparative law. It brought about a readjustment of the relationship between the chance of profit and the liability risk. However, criticism from the jurisprudence that had not been included in the quick legislative process was also heard from the start. As early as 1892, Levin Goldschmidt expressed concern that the GmbH would replace ‘principally more solid forms of company’. However, this criticism did not prevent the company form of the GmbH from being adopted in numerous European countries, or at least seriously considering its reception.

  • Contributions by Petra Skrejpkova
  • Contributions by Kamila Staudigl-Ciechowicz
  • Contributions by Zsolt Bujtár
  • Contributions by Alexis Mages
  • Contributions by Ferdinando Mazzarella
  • Contributions by Dave De ruysscher
  • Contributions by Janwillem Oosterhuis
  • Contributions by Susana Martínez-Rodríguez
  • Contributions by Timothy Guinnane
  • Contributions by Philipp Schwartz
  • Contributions by Oleksandr Kovalyshyn
  • Contributions by Michał Moszyński
  • Edited by Martin Löhnig
  • Edited by Anna Moszyńska