Author: Committee of Deputies from the Joint Stock Banks of England, Wales, and Ireland
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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A Record of the Proceedings of the Committee of Deputies from the Joint Stock Banks of England, Wales, and Ireland
Author: Committee of Deputies from the Joint Stock Banks of England, Wales, and Ireland
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Publisher:
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Report from the Select Committee on Bank Acts
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Bank Acts
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Report from the Select Committee on Bank Acts: Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index ...
Author: Great Britain
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Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Languages : en
Pages : 504
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An Examination of the Report of the Joint Stock Bank Committee, etc. [With the report dated 20 Aug. 1836.] Third edition. To which is added an Account of the late pressure in the Money Market ... By T. Joplin
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Report from the Select Committee on Banks of Issue
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Banks of Issue
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Boardroom Scandal
Author: James Taylor
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191649198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Should businessmen who commit fraud go to prison? This question has been asked repeatedly since 2008. It was also raised in nineteenth-century Britain when the spread of corporate capitalism created enormous new opportunities for dishonesty. Historians have presented Victorian Britain as a haven for white-collar criminals, beneficiaries of a prejudiced criminal justice system which only dealt harshly with offences by the poor. Boardroom Scandal challenges these beliefs. Based on an unparalleled sample of legal cases - many examined here for the first time - James Taylor presents a radical new interpretation of the relationship between capitalism and the law. Initially, there were no criminal sanctions against publishing false prospectuses, concealing losses in balance sheets, and even misappropriating company money. But parliament became convinced of the need to criminalize these practices to protect the culture of stock market investment on which mid-Victorian prosperity increasingly rested. Persuading judges to play along was harder, with many invoking the principle of caveat emptor to exonerate defendants. But by the end of the century, successful prosecutions of company executives were commonplace. These trials performed multiple functions: they stabilized confidence in times of crisis; they dramatized the class blindness of the law; and they were increasingly seen as essential as faith in a self-regulating economy ebbed. The criminalization of fraud, therefore, has far-reaching implications for our understanding of nineteenth-century Britain. It also has relevance today in light of the on-going economic crisis and the issues it raises regarding business ethics and the role of the state.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191649198
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Should businessmen who commit fraud go to prison? This question has been asked repeatedly since 2008. It was also raised in nineteenth-century Britain when the spread of corporate capitalism created enormous new opportunities for dishonesty. Historians have presented Victorian Britain as a haven for white-collar criminals, beneficiaries of a prejudiced criminal justice system which only dealt harshly with offences by the poor. Boardroom Scandal challenges these beliefs. Based on an unparalleled sample of legal cases - many examined here for the first time - James Taylor presents a radical new interpretation of the relationship between capitalism and the law. Initially, there were no criminal sanctions against publishing false prospectuses, concealing losses in balance sheets, and even misappropriating company money. But parliament became convinced of the need to criminalize these practices to protect the culture of stock market investment on which mid-Victorian prosperity increasingly rested. Persuading judges to play along was harder, with many invoking the principle of caveat emptor to exonerate defendants. But by the end of the century, successful prosecutions of company executives were commonplace. These trials performed multiple functions: they stabilized confidence in times of crisis; they dramatized the class blindness of the law; and they were increasingly seen as essential as faith in a self-regulating economy ebbed. The criminalization of fraud, therefore, has far-reaching implications for our understanding of nineteenth-century Britain. It also has relevance today in light of the on-going economic crisis and the issues it raises regarding business ethics and the role of the state.
Report from the Select Committee on the Bank Acts
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Bank Acts
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 880
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 880
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Report from Select Committee on Banks of Issue
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Banks of Issue
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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An Examination of the Report of the Joint Stock Bank Committee, &c. &c
Author: Thomas Joplin
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Publisher:
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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The Bankers' Magazine, and Journal of the Money Market
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 876
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Publisher:
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Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 876
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