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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... increasing power of Parliament in the government came the necessity of securing its recognition of the corporate status in an enactment , in 1570 ( or 1571 ) , " that the chancellor of the University of Oxford , and his successors ...
... increasing power of Parliament in the government came the necessity of securing its recognition of the corporate status in an enactment , in 1570 ( or 1571 ) , " that the chancellor of the University of Oxford , and his successors ...
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... increased to four by the addition of one for natural science and one for law and modern history to the classi- cal school and the school of mathematics ; the number was later increased to six by the division of that of law and modern ...
... increased to four by the addition of one for natural science and one for law and modern history to the classi- cal school and the school of mathematics ; the number was later increased to six by the division of that of law and modern ...
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... increased . Private halls were provided for so that the " unattached " or " non - collegiate " element might be restored to the membership of the University . No religious test should be imposed on scholars at the time of their ...
... increased . Private halls were provided for so that the " unattached " or " non - collegiate " element might be restored to the membership of the University . No religious test should be imposed on scholars at the time of their ...
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... increased endow- ment . The appointment and control of the important University examiners were regulated . The University was provided with more ample funds for the maintenance of its buildings and the satisfaction of its other needs ...
... increased endow- ment . The appointment and control of the important University examiners were regulated . The University was provided with more ample funds for the maintenance of its buildings and the satisfaction of its other needs ...
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... increased endowments and improved organization made them more attractive to scholars . Though matri- culation might be directly in the University by non- collegiate scholars , it might also be indirectly through the colleges by such ...
... increased endowments and improved organization made them more attractive to scholars . Though matri- culation might be directly in the University by non- collegiate scholars , it might also be indirectly through the colleges by such ...
Contents
NATIONAL ENGLAND | 61 |
COLONIAL COMPANIES | 157 |
LEGAL VIEW OF CORPORATIONS 209 | 226 |
MODERN CORPORATIONS | 248 |
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