Law, politics and the governance of English and Scottish joint-stock companies 1600-1850

This article examines the impact of law on corporate governance by means of a case study of joint-stock enterprise in England and Scotland before 1850. Based on a dataset of over 450 company constitutions together with qualitative information on governance practice, it finds little evidence to support the hypothesis that common-law regimes such as England were more supportive of economic growth than civil-law jurisdictions such as Scotland: indeed, levels of shareholder protection were slightly stronger in the civil-law zone. Other factors, such as local political institutions, played a bigger role in shaping organisational forms and business practice

Some queries relating to the present dispute about the trade to Africa [electronic resource].

With a docket title.In this edition, the first line of the text ends: "and their Creditors,".Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library

Please to take notice that Tuesday the 4th. of February, 1689 between eleven and twelve a clock, is appointed a general court ... [electronic resource]

A notice to vote for officers for the service of the Royal African Company.Title taken from first lines of text.Place of publication from Wing; date of publication, taken according to Lady Day dating, from title.Reproduction of the original in the Guildhall Library, London.Wing (2nd ed., 1994)Electronic reproduction

The case of the Royal African Company [electronic resource].

Docket title: 'The right and property of English subjects'.Hanson,Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library

Sir, His Royal Highnesse hath appointed a generall court of the Company of Royal Adventurers of England, [electronic resource] : trading into Africa, to be holden at Whitehall, on the eighteenth of this instant January, being Monday, at 8 of the clock in the morning, for the election of seven to be a committee for the next ensuing year, to act under the court of assistants, and to follow such instructions as they shall receive from the court of assistants ...

Title from first six lines of text.Signed at the end: By order of the company of Royal Adventurers of England trading into Africa. Ellis Leighton. Secret.Place and date of publication suggested by Wing (2nd ed., 1994).Reproduction of original in: Worcester College (University of Oxford). Library.Wing (2nd ed., 1994),ESTCElectronic reproduction