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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... according to its size and importance , should elect a definite number of proctors . Some years later the Laudian ( or Caroline ) statutes confirmed the use of the proctorial cycles and further provided that in each college the proctors ...
... according to its size and importance , should elect a definite number of proctors . Some years later the Laudian ( or Caroline ) statutes confirmed the use of the proctorial cycles and further provided that in each college the proctors ...
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... According to the Edwardine statutes , the retention of a fellowship was made conditional on six months ' residence , lectures were to be followed by examinations and matriculation ex- aminations were to be held , —rules apparently ...
... According to the Edwardine statutes , the retention of a fellowship was made conditional on six months ' residence , lectures were to be followed by examinations and matriculation ex- aminations were to be held , —rules apparently ...
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... according to the degrees of merit attained by them ; the examiners , moreover , were given responsi- bility and standing by being made appointive officers , receiving salaries and serving for definite terms . Even as amended , the ...
... according to the degrees of merit attained by them ; the examiners , moreover , were given responsi- bility and standing by being made appointive officers , receiving salaries and serving for definite terms . Even as amended , the ...
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... according to such regulations as the dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral ( in whom was confided the discipline ) with the consent of the bishop ( who should be visitor ) should prescribe ; stalls in the cathedral were to be annexed to ...
... according to such regulations as the dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral ( in whom was confided the discipline ) with the consent of the bishop ( who should be visitor ) should prescribe ; stalls in the cathedral were to be annexed to ...
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... according to their work or their social status and subjected to rules made by the governing body and executed by head - masters and their under- masters , ushers or other assistants ; a rudimentary ele- ment of autonomy existed in the ...
... according to their work or their social status and subjected to rules made by the governing body and executed by head - masters and their under- masters , ushers or other assistants ; a rudimentary ele- ment of autonomy existed in the ...
Contents
NATIONAL ENGLAND | 61 |
COLONIAL COMPANIES | 157 |
LEGAL VIEW OF CORPORATIONS 209 | 226 |
MODERN CORPORATIONS | 248 |
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