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Law and the Rise of the Firm

Yale Law School

Reinier Kraakman

Harvard Law School

Richard Squire

Fordham University School of Law

Series number:

057/2006

Date published:

01 Dec 2005

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Corporations, Partnerships, Companies, History of the Firm, Entity Shielding, Limited Liability, Legal Entities, Bankruptcy

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