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Corporations: A Study of the Origin and Development of Great Business Combinations and of Their Relation to the Authority of the State, Volume I Corporations: A Study of the Origin and Development of Great Business Combinations and of Their Relation to the Authority of the State
By John P. Davis
2000/05 - Beard Books - Business Classic
Volume I - 318 pp.
158798010X - Paperback - Reprint
US$34.95
Volume II - 295 pp.
1587980118 - Paperback - Reprint
US$34.95

 


An early treatment of the history of corporations.

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Category: Banking & Finance

Of interest:

Corporate Responsibility: Law and Ethics

The purpose of this work is to trace the historical development of corporate forms and the social functions that have successively been performed within them. The subject of corporations is divided on the basis of those that have been of service to mankind under conditions prevalent in the past and those at the turn of the twentieth century. Covered are: ecclesiastical corporations; feudalism and corporations; municipalities; gilds; educational and eleemosynary corporations; national England; regulated companies; regulated exclusive companies; joint-stock companies; colonial companies; legal view of corporations; and modern corporations.

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John Patterson Davis, 1862-1903, was a lawyer, author, and economist. He received an A.M. and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1885 and 1894, respectively. He was admitted to the bar in 1888 and practiced in Omaha, Nebraska, 1888 to 1892. He practiced law in Idaho commencing in 1895.

Volume I.
I. Introduction 1
II The Nature of Corporations 13
III. Ecclesiastical Corporations 35
IV. Feudalism and Corporations 88
V. Municipalities 92
VI. Gilds 130
VII. Educational and Eleemosynary Corporations 245

Volume II.
I. Educational and Eleemosynary Corporations (Continued.) 1
II National England 61
III. Regulated Companies 66
IV. Regulated Executive Companies 87
V. Joint-Stock Companies 114
VI. Colonial Companies 157
VII. Legal View of Corporations 209
VIII. Modern Corporations 248
Appendix 281
Index 285

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