Conventional Representation in the Law of the Romanian Principalities

Abstract

This study explores the rules governing conventional representation in the legal sources of the two Romanian principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia, from their foundation up to their unification in 1859. Over the course of more than five centuries, we review the regulations concerning conventional representation as reflected in medieval legal collections, the laws and educational works adopted during the Phanariot period, the legal codes promulgated by princes Calimach and Caragea, and the Wallachian Commercial Code of 1840. The study focuses exclusively on the institution of conventional representation, without addressing instances of legal or judicial (court-ordered) representation.