Law and English Railway Capitalism, 1825-1875

Download or read book Law and English Railway Capitalism, 1825-1875 written by Rande W. Kostal and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in a wide variety of legal and industrial source materials, the study's eight analytical narrative chapters examine a range of interactions between early railway capitalism and the evolving culture, doctrine, and procedures of Victorian lawyers. Subjects considered in depth include the legal ramifications of the great railway manias, law and the infiltration of the English countryside, railway accidents, corporate monopolism, and the organization of England's first corporate legal departments.