MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009002149
003 DLC
005 20091009083727.0
008 090116s2009 enk b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780754621683 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0754621685 (hbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780754691174 (ebook)
020 $a0754691179 (ebook)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn299281522
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050 00 $aKD2079$b.M397 2009
082 00 $a346.42/066$222
100 1 $aMcQueen, Rob.
245 12 $aA social history of company law :$bGreat Britain and the Australian colonies 1854-1920 /$cRob McQueen.
260 $aFarnham, Surrey, England ;$aBurlington, VT :$bAshgate Pub.,$cc2009.
300 $axii, 362 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-350) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 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.
650 0 $aCorporation law$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aCorporation law$zAustralia$xStates$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aLaw$zAustralia$xEnglish influences.