CUP is publishing a new book on the
modern history of commercial law in Britain.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Making Commercial Law Through
Practice 1830–1970 adds a new dimension to the history of Britain's commerce,
trade manufacturing and financial services, by showing how they have operated
in law over the last one hundred and forty years. In the main law and lawyers
were not the driving force; regulation was largely absent; and judges tended to
accommodate commercial needs, so that market actors were able to shape the law
through their practices. Using legal and historical scholarship, the author
draws on archival sources previously unexploited for the study of commercial
practice and the law's role in it. This book will stimulate parallel research
in other subject areas of law. Modern commercial lawyers will learn a great
deal about the current law from the story of its evolution, and economic and
business historians will see how the world of commerce and trade operated in a
legal context.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ross Cranston, London
School of Economics and Political Science
Ross Cranston is a Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and
Political Science. He was previously a High Court Judge for England and Wales
2007–2017, and was Solicitor General for England and Wales 1998–2001.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Commercial and Legal Context
2. The Commodity Markets of
London and Liverpool
3. Agents, 'Agents' and Agency
4. Sale, Hire and the
Distribution of Manufactured Goods
5. International Commodity Sales
6. Bank Finance for Trade and
Industry.
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