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Author Stringham, Edward, author.

Title Private governance : creating order in economic and social life / Edward Peter Stringham
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 283 pages) : illustrations
Contents Why private governance? -- Privately governed markets in history and modern times -- Lessons of private governance
Summary From the world's first stock markets in the seventeenth century, to private policing in the early days of San Francisco, to the millions of credit card transactions and the complex financial markets governed by private rules today, 'Private Governance' makes the case that private rules and regulations are more common, effective, and promising than most of us believe. Analytical narratives weave together history and economics to show readers how private governance works
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Civil law.
Law -- Economic aspects.
Law -- Social aspects
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Civil law
Law -- Economic aspects
Law -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
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