UID:
almafu_9959236063602883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 331 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-107-11861-1
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0-511-01178-4
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1-280-42097-9
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0-511-17281-8
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0-511-15167-5
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0-511-30207-X
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0-511-51013-6
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0-511-04904-8
Series Statement:
Political economy of institutions and decisions
Content:
Between the passage of the Bubble Act in 1720 and the sweeping reforms of the General Incorporation Act of 1844, the legal framework of business organization in England remained remarkably stagnant despite the profound economic and structural changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution. Originally published in 2000, this book analyzes why this discrepancy occurred, especially when other nations of that time, whose economies were far less developed, were evolving more permissive laws of business organization. Employing extensive primary source archival material, Ron Harris shows how the institutional development of major forms of business organization - the business corporation, the partnership, the trust, the unincorporated joint-stock company - evolved and how English law finally took account of these developments.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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1. The Legal Framework -- Pt. I. Before 1720 -- 2. The Pre-1720 Business Corporation -- 3. The Bubble Act, Its Passage, and Its Effects -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. III. 1800-1844 -- 8. The Attitudes of the Business Community -- 9. The Joint-Stock Company in Court -- 10. The Joint-Stock Company in Parliament -- App. 1. The Rise and Decline of the Major Trading Corporations -- App. 2. Capital of Joint-Stock Companies Circa 1810.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-18252-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-66275-3
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Law
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511510137
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