Filipino Code, municipalities and trade: mechanism for monitoring and regulating trade in the Captaincy of Rio Grande do NorteAbstract
The article aims to present some considerations concerning the metropolitan standards undertaken by Filipino Code and its relation to the performance of local city represented by the chambers, especially in aspects related to supervision and regulation of daily business practices. Based on the records of the Municipal Councils of the Province of Rio Grande do Norte, we evidence the relationship between central government and local authorities from the standards, monitoring and regulation of trade and commercial practices in the province.
Filipino Code; Municipalities; trade