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Author McQueen, Rob.

Title A social history of company law : Great Britain and the Australian colonies 1854-1920 / Rob McQueen
Published Farnham : Ashgate, 2009

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Description xii, 362 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Introduction -- Social attitudes to company law : 1720 to 1855 -- Christian socialism and the debate on limited liability -- The reasons for the enactment of, and the form taken by, English limited liability legislation, 1855-1856 -- The first fifteen years of limited liability company legislation in England 1855-1870 -- The 1870s and early 1880s : the growing acceptability of limited liability incorporation -- The consolidation of company law 1886-1914 -- Limited liability company legislation in the colonies : the Australian experience 1864-1920 -- Conclusions
Summary By studying the evolution of the corporate form in Britain and a number of its colonial possessions, this book illuminates debates on key concepts including the meaning of laissez faire, freedom of commerce, and more. Author from Griffith University, Australia
Analysis Attitudes
Australia overseas comparisons
Company law
Corporations
England
History, 1801-1900
History, 1901-1945
Interstate comparisons
Statistics
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-350) and index
Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to ECHO (Ebrary)
Subject Corporation law -- Australia -- States -- History -- 19th century.
Corporation law -- Australia.
Corporation law -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Corporation law -- Great Britain.
Law -- Australia -- English influences.
Author ebrary, Inc.
LC no. 2009002149
ISBN 0754621685 (hbk.)
9780754621683 (hbk.)
9780754691174 (ebook)
OTHER TI Ebrary Academic Complete Subscription Collection