Industrializing English Law
Entrepreneurship and Business Organization,
1720–1844
Ron Harris
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Between the passage of the Bubble Act in 1720 and the sweeping
reforms of the General Incorporation Act of 1844, the legal
framework of business organization in England remained remarkably
stagnant despite the profound economic and structural changes
wrought by the Industrial Revolution. This book analyzes why this
discrepancy occurred, especially when other nations of that time,
whose economies were far less developed, were evolving more
permissive laws of business organization. Employing extensive
primary source archival material, Ron Harris shows how the
institutional development of major forms of business organization -
the business corporation, the partnership, the trust, the
unincorporated joint-stock company - evolved and how English law
finally took account of these developments.
Reviews‘Ron Harris’ Industrializing English Law is an
important addition to the literature on business organisation during
early industrial capitalism which can lay genuine claim to being the
most significant contribution to the field since those made by Hunt
and duBois over sixty years ago.’ Modern Law Review
Chapter Contents
Introduction; 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
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; 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.
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Price: GBP 37.50
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ISBN:
0521662753
Binding: Hardback
Size: 237 x 164 mm
Pages: 348
Weight: 0.635kg
Figures: 10 tables
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Published: 31 August
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