Maitland: State, Trust and Corporation
Maitland: State, Trust and Corporation
Representing perhaps the most celebrated English historian since Gibbon, this collection of a series of F.W. Maitland's (1850-1906) later essays is designed to bring his thought to the attention of political theorists and political scientists, as well as historians. The essays are about the historical origins of the state, and many of their themes--the limits of state power, the interrelationship between states and corporations--are of continuing relevance today.
- The later essays of a great and influential scholar
- Authoritative and accessible editorial matter from two of the best young historians of ideas in Britain
- Full translation of German and Anglo-Norman passages, and the whole rendered much more accessible than in previous editions
Reviews & endorsements
'… interesting and relevant for political theorists.' Political Studies Review
'This delightful collection of essays in the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought series is warmly to be welcomed. The effect is impressive. The book sheds considerable light on Maitland's interest in groups and its significance for political theorists and historians of political thought, in particular. The Cambridge edition is as much a tribute to the editors' erudition as it is to Maitland's. The greatly improved accessibility of all the essays is a boon to those interested in questions of law and the state, liberty and groups, and the adaptation of legal theory to life, in a historical and contemporary context.' History of Political Thought
Product details
- Published: December 2003
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780521526302
- Length: 202 pages
- Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 11 mm
- Weight: 0.24kg
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- Editors' introduction
- Note on the text
- Bibliographical notes
- Biographical notes
- Glossary of technical terms
- Preface
- The essays:
- 1. The corporation sole
- 2. The Crown as corporation
- 3. The unincorporate body
- 4. Moral personality and legal personality
- 5. Trust and corporation
- Index.
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