Ron Harris

Industrializing English Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2000 book addresses the discrepancy between the developing economy of England and the stagnant legal framework of business organization between 1720 and 1844.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 721g
• ISBN-13: 9780521662758
• ISBN-10: 0521662753
• Artikelnr.: 21990841

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The legal framework
Part I. Before 1720: 2. The pre-1720 business corporation
3. The Bubble Act, its passage and its effects
Part II. 1721-1810: 4. Two distinct paths of organizational development: transport and insurance
5. The joint-stock business corporation
6. Trusts, partnerships, and the unincorporated company
7. The progress of the joint-stock organization
Part III. 1800-44: 8. The attitudes of the business community
9. The joint-stock company in court
10. The joint-stock company in parliament.