David Chan Smith
Exploring Intellectual & Business History
I am currently a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in the Department of History where I research the history of law, capitalism and economic thought.
Projects
New Research
Explore the early modern smugglers' world and visit my new database on smuggling prosecutions
My essay in the new collection Revolutionising Politics examines the early development of the emergency at common law
Discover the early modern offshore network of smugglers recently posted at Past & Present's blog.
A new article explores how moral ideas during reshaped business organization in England visit
Upcoming Talks and Presentations
Smuggling, Law and Global Business in Eighteenth-century Jersey and Guernsey
Beyond the Pale: Legal Histories on the Edges of Empires Conference, NUI-Maynooth, June 29-July 1, 2022
Clandestine Geographies in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
19th Biennial World Economic History Conference, Paris, July 2022
The Eighteenth-century Customs Service and English Administrative Law
British Legal History Conference, Queen’s University, Belfast, 6-9 July 2022