The Legitimacy of the Business Corporation in the Law of the United States, 1780-1970The History of Corporate Law by the Foremost Legal Historian, James Willard Hurst This study, which is based on a series of lectures delivered at the University of Virginia Law School, explores the development of corporate law from the 1780s, a time when the special charter was the only form of incorporation, to the 1960s, a time when corporations were established exclusively through general incorporation statutes. More than a chronicle, Hurst emphasizes how legal institutions actively shaped the central traits of American capitalism. |
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Time Place and Subject | 1 |
From Special Privilege to General Utility 17801890 | 13 |
Institutional Contributions to Policy | 112 |
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| Title | The Legitimacy of the Business Corporation in the Law of the United States, 1780-1970 Page-Barbour lectures |
| Author | James Willard Hurst |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University Press of Virginia, 1970 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Dec 23, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0813902916, 9780813902913 |
| Length | 191 pages |
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