Rescuing Business
the making of corporate bankruptcy law in england and the united states
$223.19
- Hardcover
598 pages
- Release Date
9 July 1998
Summary
Corporate bankruptcy is a defining characteristic of the market economy. It encapsulates the fundamental conflicts between capital and labour, owners and managers, debtors and creditors, the state and the market. Yet, with one or two notable exceptions, the political and social dynamics of bankruptcy law and practice have been overlooked by serious socio-legal scholars. This book remedies that neglect. Adopting an approach that comparesEnglish and American law, the authors identify the under…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198264729 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198264720 |
| Author: | Terence C. Halliday, Bruce G. Carruthers |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 598 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 1998 |
| Weight: | 912g |
| Dimensions: | 224mm x 146mm x 37mm |
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Critics Review
via the theoretical framework, a useful perspective is offered that might be productively employed in other business history contexts ... A second contribution lies in the richness of the analysis of legal change during the specified periods ... the analysis is comprehensive and the work is a definitive future reference point on Anglo-American bankruptcy law. Most important of all, the book offers a valuable template for the study of corporate andinstitutional change.'Steven Toms, Business History, October 1999a rich and multifaceted study of corporate bankruptcy reform … This comprehensive book offers something for almost anyone’Stefanie A Lindquist, The Law and Politics Book Review
About The Author
Terence C. Halliday
Bruce G Carruthers is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology of Northwestern University. He was educated in Canada and the USA. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago and has taught at Northwestern University since 1990, where he is Graduate Director of the sociology program. He is a consulting editor of the American Journal of Sociology.Terence C Halliday is Senior Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation, President of the National Institute for Social Science Information and Chair of the Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association. He was educated in New Zealand, Canada and the USA. He received his doctorate from the University of Chicago and has taught at the Australian National University and the University of Chicago.
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