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The Corporation under Russian Law, 1800-1917: A Study in Tsarist Economic Policy (Studies of the Harriman Institute)

By Thomas C. Owen

Book information

Year
1991
ISBN
0521391261, 9780521391269, 9780511528934, 0521529441, 9780521529440
LCC
LAW
Open Library ID
OL1876099M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6927318 bytes)
Pages
254\260
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This study analyzes the legal framework imposed on corporations by the imperial Russian Government. It stresses the dual nature of the bureaucracy's policy toward modern capitalist enterprise: encouragement for the sake of economic development, and regimentation in the interest of maintaining autocratic control. By illuminating the political nature of the autocracy's economic agenda, Professor Owen seeks to explain why Russian corporate law became increasingly restrictive toward the end of the imperial period. Attention is also given to the practices of Russian capitalists, whose occasional abuses of corporate power justified restrictive laws in the eyes of officials.

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