Insolvency and reform of English bankruptcy law, 1831-1914

This thesis is a history of the reform of English bankruptcy law 1831-1914 and a statistical analysis of the insolvency the reforms sought to limit. The first two chapters describe the historiography of government growth in nineteenth-century Britain and outline the history of English bankruptcy leg...

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Main Author: Lester, Vernon Markham
Published: University of Oxford 1991
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306689