Industrialising English law : entrepreneurship and busiess organization, 1720-1844 / Ron Harris.

New York. : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

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Business enterprises -- History.

Business enterprises -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History.

Law -- History.

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 organization 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 1800-1844: 8. The Attitudes of the business community

9. The Joint-stock company in court

10. The Joint-stock company in Parliament

Conclusion

Appendix 1: The Rise and decline of the major trading corporations

Appendix 2: Capital of joint-stock companies circa 1810.

Includes bibliography and index.

0521662753

xvi, 331 p.