Corporations: A Study of the Origin and Development of Great Business Combinations and of Their Relation to the Authority of the StateThe 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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... many of the powers that it formerly exercised and the restoration of the monarchy completed the change . Soon after Charles II . had reached London , he appointed a new board of visitors to undo the work of 8 Corporations.
... many of the powers that it formerly exercised and the restoration of the monarchy completed the change . Soon after Charles II . had reached London , he appointed a new board of visitors to undo the work of 8 Corporations.
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... London possess a few features that may be adverted to with profit . The University of Durham was founded in 1832 largely through the influence of the Bishop of Durham . It was to consist of a warden or principal , other necessary ...
... London possess a few features that may be adverted to with profit . The University of Durham was founded in 1832 largely through the influence of the Bishop of Durham . It was to consist of a warden or principal , other necessary ...
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... London was what might likewise have been expected from the exercise by the state of the power of establish- ing a great university on its own initiative after an equal experience . In 1836 , William IV . granted to a number of noblemen ...
... London was what might likewise have been expected from the exercise by the state of the power of establish- ing a great university on its own initiative after an equal experience . In 1836 , William IV . granted to a number of noblemen ...
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... ( London ) , King's College ( Lon- don ) and such other institutions , whether in London or outside , as the crown should authorize ; the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine were to be granted to graduates of such ...
... ( London ) , King's College ( Lon- don ) and such other institutions , whether in London or outside , as the crown should authorize ; the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine were to be granted to graduates of such ...
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... London was merely an institution initi- ated by the state to confer degrees indicative of work accomplished by separate colleges , it should be given the form evolved in the history of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ; the weak ...
... London was merely an institution initi- ated by the state to confer degrees indicative of work accomplished by separate colleges , it should be given the form evolved in the history of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ; the weak ...
Contents
NATIONAL ENGLAND | 61 |
COLONIAL COMPANIES | 157 |
LEGAL VIEW OF CORPORATIONS 209 | 226 |
MODERN CORPORATIONS | 248 |
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