Origins resting behind banking financial accountability of paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK)

Applying tenets of legal origin theory, this article traces the origins of banking financial accountability resting behind paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK), where the timely disclosure of a balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure to stakehold...

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Main Authors: Game, Chantal, Cullen, Lisa, Brown, Alistair
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77905
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description Applying tenets of legal origin theory, this article traces the origins of banking financial accountability resting behind paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK), where the timely disclosure of a balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure to stakeholders are scrutinised. Comparative legal analysis of 503 banking enactments of the US, Canada and England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries reveals that expectations of formal accounts raised by the Companies Act 1862 (UK) were informed by the Colombia Banking Act 1817 (CO) in the US, the Canadian Mauritius Regulations 1830 and the Joint Stock Banks Act 1844 (UK).
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-779052022-08-22T06:08:41Z Origins resting behind banking financial accountability of paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK) Game, Chantal Cullen, Lisa Brown, Alistair 1501 - Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Applying tenets of legal origin theory, this article traces the origins of banking financial accountability resting behind paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK), where the timely disclosure of a balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure to stakeholders are scrutinised. Comparative legal analysis of 503 banking enactments of the US, Canada and England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries reveals that expectations of formal accounts raised by the Companies Act 1862 (UK) were informed by the Colombia Banking Act 1817 (CO) in the US, the Canadian Mauritius Regulations 1830 and the Joint Stock Banks Act 1844 (UK). 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77905 10.1080/00076791.2020.1718109 restricted
spellingShingle 1501 - Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
Game, Chantal
Cullen, Lisa
Brown, Alistair
Origins resting behind banking financial accountability of paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK)
title Origins resting behind banking financial accountability of paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK)
title_full Origins resting behind banking financial accountability of paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK)
title_fullStr Origins resting behind banking financial accountability of paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK)
title_full_unstemmed Origins resting behind banking financial accountability of paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK)
title_short Origins resting behind banking financial accountability of paragraphs 78 to 82 of the First Schedule of the Companies Act 1862 (UK)
title_sort origins resting behind banking financial accountability of paragraphs 78 to 82 of the first schedule of the companies act 1862 (uk)
topic 1501 - Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77905