Exploring Legal & Business History
I am currently a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in the Department of History where I research the history of law, moral economies and business.
New Research and Presentations
The Intellectual History of Milton Friedman's Criticism of Corporate Social Responsibility
My article on the intellectual origins of Milton Friedman's famous criticism of corporate social responsibility and monopoly is now available at Modern Intellectual History
Seminar: Empires Forum, University of Chicago
Paper: "Rethinking Empires: Early Modern Smuggling Havens and their Global Networks"
Conference: Rethinking Confession, Harvard University
Paper: "Confessional Identity and Divergence: The Logic of Corruption in English Religious Polemics, 1590-1610"
The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom
It's out! This two volume work offers new perspectives on the constitutional history of the United Kingdom. Check it out here (and my chapter on the sixteenth-century constitution)
Lady Byron and the Impact of Women on Early Co-operative Thought
Discover new sources of early co-operative thought in Britain and especially the impact of Lady Byron's ideas on the movement in my new article. Have a look!
Smuggling Database
Explore the early modern smugglers' world and visit my new database on smuggling prosecutions