Capitalism Before Corporations
$114.82
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
18 January 2025
Summary
Capitalism’s Cradle: Law and Trade Before the Corporate Dawn
To what extent did English law facilitate trade before the advent of general incorporation and modern securities law? This is the central question explored in Capitalism Before Corporations.
The book examines the legal institutions of the Regency period, particularly Lord Eldon’s Chancellorship, and how they accommodated the evolving practices and demands of merchants within established legal frameworks an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198933632 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198933630 |
| Series: | Oxford Legal History |
| Author: | Prof Andreas Televantos, Andreas Televantos |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 18 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 346g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 155mm x 13mm |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Winner of the Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Early Career Scholarship 2021, Society of Legal ScholarsThe modern lawyer will find much else to think about in the pages of Capitalism Before Corporations. Televantos is to be congratulated on producing an eminently readable book which should be of interest to anyone interested in companies, trusts, agency and partnership. * Rachel Leow, The Cambridge Law Journal *[A] thought-provoking text which will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in partnership law, the law of trusts, or the history of commercial and company law in England. * Elspeth Berry, Reader in Law, Nottingham Trent University, The Partnership, LLP and LLC Law Forum *
About The Author
Prof Andreas Televantos
Andreas Televantos is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford Law Faculty, and the Hanbury Fellow and Tutor in Law at Lincoln College. His research focusses on trusts, fiduciaries, equitable remedies, and legal history.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.