A social history of company law
Subtitle: Great Britain and the Australian colonies 1854-1920
By: by Rob McQueen.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780754621683; 9780754691174
Subjects: Corporation law -- England -- History -- 19th century; Corporation law -- Australia -- States -- History -- 19th century; Law -- Australia -- English influences
Description: 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 meanings of laissez faire, freedom of commerce, the notion of corporate responsibility and the role of the state in the regulation of business.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Social attitudes to company law : 1720 to 1855; title: Christian socialism and the debate on limited liability legislation; title: The reasons for the enactment of, and the form taken by, English limited liability legislation 1855/1856; title: The first fifteen years of limited liability companies legislation in England 1855-1870; title: The 1870s and early 1880s : the growing acceptability of limited liability incorporation; title: The consolidation of company law 1886-1914; title: Limited liability company legislation in the colonies : the Australian experience 1864-1920.