The firm as an entity before the Companies Acts

In this paper we suggest a counter-narrative to the orthodox picture of the development of company form in England. Company law textbooks tell a story of gradual development, first of forms of partnership trading, then of chartered companies and trading trusts, then ad hoc joint stock companies thro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Getzler, JS, Macnair, M
Other Authors: Brand, P
Format: Book section
Language:English
Published: Four Courts Press 2005