HISTORY OF THE LAW OF BUSINESS CORPORATIONS BEFORE 1800.

Authors :: Williston, Samuel
Source :: Harvard Law Review. Oct1888, Vol. 2 Issue 3, p105-124. 20p.
Publication Year :: 1888
Abstract: Presents a historical background of the law of business corporations before 1800. Classification of corporations into sole and aggregate; Nature on the operation of societates, a business enterprise carried on in common and under the form of legal persons; Realization of the advantages of corporations at the end of the seventeenth century; Authority of the king to grant charters to business associations; Right and necessity of having a corporate seal.