The Making of the Modern Company

by Susan Watson

Book Overview

This book adopts a historical perspective to highlight, and bring back into focus, the key features of the modern company. A central argument in the book is that legal personhood attaching to an entity containing a corporate fund seeded by shareholders is a direct and inevitable consequence of limited liability and the company's status as a separate legal entity from its shareholders. Management by a board subject to legal duties to the company...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509959688
• ISBN13: 9781509959686
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"