This article analyses the mechanisms of conflict resolution in apprenticeship contracts using a large database of disputes from early modern Italy. It finds that the guild court under investigation (the Padua Woollen Guild court) did not enforce training contracts, but rather sought to improve on incomplete contracts by adding clauses, thereby helping individuals renegotiate and redefine the contractual arrangements into which they had decided to enter. However, power relations within the court operated largely in favour of employers, both merchants and master craftsmen. The article concludes that alternative contract enforcement systems, such as municipal or state courts, were probably better suited than corporative systems for resolving disputes surrounding apprenticeship.

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重新评估行会法院在学徒合同纠纷中的作用：来自近代早期意大利的案例研究

本文使用来自早期现代意大利的大型纠纷数据库分析了学徒合同中冲突解决的机制。它发现被调查的公会法院（帕多瓦羊毛公会法院）没有强制执行培训合同，而是通过增加条款来改善不完整的合同，从而帮助个人重新谈判和重新定义他们决定进入的合同安排。然而，宫廷内部的权力关系在很大程度上有利于雇主，包括商人和工匠大师。文章的结论是，替代的合同执行系统，例如市或州法院，可能比公司系统更适合解决学徒制纠纷。