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Industrializing English law : entrepreneurship and business organization, 1720-1844 /

Annotation Between 1720 and the mid-nineteenth century, the legal framework of England remained static, while the country went through an economic and social evolution known as the Industrial Revolution. This book addresses the apparent discrepancy between the developing economy of 1720-1844 and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, Ron, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Colección:Political economy of institutions and decisions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.