Anglo-American Securities Regulation: Cultural and Political Roots, 1690-1860This book examines the regulation of the earliest securities markets in England and the United States, from their origins in the 1690s through the 1850s. Professor Banner argues that during the reign of Queen Anne a complex and moderately effective body of regulatory control was already extant, reflecting widespread Anglo-American attitudes toward securities speculation. He uses traditional legal materials as well as a broad range of nonlegal sources to show that securities regulation has a much longer ancestry than is often supposed. |
Contents
English attitudes toward securities trading at its inception 16901720 | 14 |
The South Sea Bubble and English law 17201722 | 41 |
English securities regulation in the eighteenth century | 88 |
The development of American attitudes toward securities trading 17201792 | 122 |
American securities regulation 17891800 | 161 |
American attitudes toward securities trading 17921860 | 190 |
American securities regulation 18001860 | 222 |
Selfregulation by the New York brokers 17911860 | 250 |
Conclusion | 281 |
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