Author: John GEORGE (Barrister-at-Law.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
A View of the existing Law, affecting unincorporated Joint Stock Companies
Author: John GEORGE (Barrister-at-Law.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Industrializing English Law
Author: Ron HarrisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521662758
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This 2000 book addresses the discrepancy between the developing economy of England and the stagnant legal framework of business organization between 1720 and 1844.
The History of the Company, Part I Vol 1
Author: Robin PearsonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040244351
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Exploring the changing economic, social and political role of the Anglo-American firm, this two-part collection of rare texts covers the period 1700-1850. Each part features an introduction which provides an overview of the development of the British and American business corporation in their respective periods and places it in its wider contexts.
Shareholder Democracies?
Author: Mark FreemanPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226261875
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
And as they became more prevalent, the issue of internal governance became more pressing.
Property in Contemporary Capitalism
Author: Paddy IrelandPublisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1529238145
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Amid the shift towards neoliberalism and the privatization of resources, this book provides a radical new lens to view property and property theory. Boldly challenging the conventional theories of property law that have shaped our understanding for centuries, leading expert Paddy Ireland explores the rise and growth of new intangible property forms; the nature of ‘investment’ and of property-as-capital; and the empirical realities of modern property. Raising broader questions about ownership in society, the author ignites a powerful conversation about the increasingly unequal distribution of wealth, forcing us to confront that our current property system bears considerable responsibility for the current ‘polycrisis. This groundbreaking work will set the agenda for a new era in property theory.
The Bubble Act
Author: Helen PaulPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031318943
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This book reassesses the actual effects of the Bubble Act, still popularly associated with the bursting of the South Sea Bubble. The book builds on the foundational work of Ron Harris to discuss the act’s effect on corporate governance, literary culture, colonial law, and the Industrial Revolution. The Bubble Act was deemed an empty letter within England itself as it was rarely used in legal proceedings. Several chapters consider whether this was the case outside England, from Scotland to the Americas, India, and Africa. Others assess the impact of the act, both on literary culture and in the history of economic thought. The act has been conceptualized as a brake on economic development or of little consequence. This edited collection offers a timely reassessment of the Bubble Act and its legacy.
Commercial Law and Commercial Practice
Author: Sarah WorthingtonPublisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 1841134384
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
This book contains essays by legal experts which aim to prompt a critical and constructive reassessment of current commercial law and its practices.
Creating Capitalism
Author: James TaylorPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 0861933230
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The growth of joint-stock business in Victorian Britain re-evaluated, showing in particular the resistance to it. Winner of the Economic History Society's Best First Monograph award 2009 The emergence of the joint-stock company in nineteenth-century Britain was a culture shock for many Victorians. Though the home of the industrialrevolution, the nation's economy was dominated by the private partnership, seen as the most efficient as well as the most ethical form of business organisation. The large, impersonal company and the rampant speculation it was thought to encourage were viewed with suspicion and downright hostility. This book argues that the existing historiography understates society's resistance to joint-stock enterprise; it employs an eclectic range of sources, fromnewspapers and parliamentary papers to cartoons, novels and plays, to unearth this forgotten economic debate. It explores how the legal system was gradually restructured to facilitate joint-stock enterprise, a process culminatingin the limited liability legislation of the mid-1850s. This has typically been interpreted as evidence for the emergence of new, positive attitudes to speculation and economic growth, but the book demonstrates how traditional outlooks continued to influence legislation, and the way in which economic reforms were driven by political agendas. It shows how debates on the economic culture of nineteenth-century Britain are strikingly relevant to current questions over the ethics of multinational corporations. James Taylor is Senior Lecturer in British History at Lancaster University.
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