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Making commercial law through practice, 1830-1970 / Ross Cranston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cranston, Ross, author.
- Series:
- Law in context
- The law in context series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commercial law--England--History--19th century.
- Commercial law.
- Commercial law--England--History--20th century.
- Commerce.
- History.
- England--Commerce--History--19th century.
- England.
- England--Commerce--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xliii, 483 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Making Commercial Law Through Practice 1830-1970 adds a new dimension to the history of Britain's commerce, trade manufacturing and financial services, by showing how they have operated in law over the last one hundred and forty years. In the main law and lawyers were not the driving force; regulation was largely absent; and judges tended to accommodate commercial needs, so that market actors were able to shape the law through their practices. Using legal and historical scholarship, the author draws on archival sources previously unexploited for the study of commercial practice and the law's role in it. This book will stimulate parallel research in other subject areas of law. Modern commercial lawyers will learn a great deal about the current law from the story of its evolution, and economic and business historians will see how the world of commerce and trade operated in a legal context.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 May 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781108182836
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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