Download or read book The Building Society Promise written by Antoninus Samy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The permanent building societies of England grew from humble beginnings as a multitude of small and localized institutions in the nineteenth century to become the dominant players in the house mortgage market by the inter-war period. Throughout the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, the movement cultivated an image of being a champion of home ownership for the working classes, but housing historians have questioned whether building societies really lived up to this claim. This study fills a major gap in the historiography of the movement by investigating the class profile of building society members, and how the design of different building societies affected their accessibility, efficiency, and risk-taking practices between 1880 and 1939. These themes are explored using case studies of several building societies from this period and drawing upon extensive archival records. The Building Society Promise shows that building societies did lend to working-class households before the First and Second World Wars, with some societies showing a greater commitment to working-class home ownership than others. What ultimately affected the outreach of individual societies was the quality of information they possessed, which in turn was largely determined by the types of agency networks they used to find and select borrowers. The phenomenal growth of some of these institutions in the inter-war period, however, and the ensuing competition which emerged between them, brought about profound changes in their firm structure which impaired their ability to reach out to lower-income households as efficiently as before. The findings of this research are relevant to both past and present debates about the optimal design of financial institutions in overcoming social exclusion in credit markets, and the deleterious effects that firm growth, market competition, and managerial self-interest can have on their performance and stability.
Download or read book American Building Association News written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Law and Society in England 1750 1950 written by William Cornish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law and Society in England 1750–1950 is an indispensable text for those wishing to study English legal history and to understand the foundations of the modern British state. In this new updated edition the authors explore the complex relationship between legal and social change. They consider the ways in which those in power themselves imagined and initiated reform and the ways in which they were obliged to respond to demands for change from outside the legal and political classes. What emerges is a lively and critical account of the evolution of modern rights and expectations, and an engaging study of the formation of contemporary social, administrative and legal institutions and ideas, and the road that was travelled to create them. The book is divided into eight chapters: Institutions and Ideas; Land; Commerce and Industry; Labour Relations; The Family; Poverty and Education; Accidents; and Crime. This extensively referenced analysis of modern social and legal history will be invaluable to students and teachers of English law, political science, and social history.
Download or read book Respectable Banking written by Anthony Hotson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Hotson reassesses the development of London's money and credit markets since the great currency crisis of 1695.
Download or read book The Making of the Modern British Home written by Peter Scott and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Making of the Modern British Home explores the impact of the modern suburban semi-detached house on British family life during the 1920s and 1930s - focusing primarily on working-class households who moved from cramped inner-urban accommodation to new suburban council or owner-occupied housing estates. Migration to suburbia is shown to have initiated a dramatic transformation in lifestyles - from a `traditional' working-class mode of living, based around long-established tightly-knit urban communities, to a recognisably `modern' mode, centred around the home, the nuclear family, and building a better future for the next generation. This process had far-reaching impacts on family life, entailing a change in household priorities to meet the higher costs of suburban living, which in turn impacted on many aspects of household behaviour, including family size. This volume also constitutes a general history of the development of both owner-occupied and municipal suburban housing estates in interwar Britain, including the evolution of housing policy; the housing development process; housing and estate design, lay-outs, and architectural features; marketing owner-occupation and consumer durables to a mass market; furnishing the new suburban home; making ends meet; suburban gardens; social filtering and conflict on the new estates; and problems of 'mis-selling' and 'Jerry building'. Peter Scott integrates the social history of the interwar suburbs with their economic, business, marketing, and architectural/planning histories, demonstrating how these elements interacted to produce a new model of working-class lifestyles and 'respectability' which marked a fundamental break with pre-1914 working-class urban communities.
Download or read book Contract written by H G Beale and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 1331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This casebook on contract comprises a wide selection of cases and materials that illustrate the substantive law and places it in its legal and commercial context. It demonstrates how the rules work both inside and outside the courtroom.
Download or read book Casebook on Contract Law written by Jill Poole and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 845 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Casebook on Contract Law' provides students with a comprehensive selection of the cases most likely to be encountered on contract law courses and is specifically designed to meet their needs.
Download or read book Poole s Casebook on Contract Law written by Robert Merkin QC and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the cases you need, together with the tools to understand them. Poole's Casebook on contract law takes a uniquely supportive approach, to give students the confidence to engage with and analyse judgments. The book is simple to navigate, pulling all key case law together into one easy-to-use volume which students can work through systematically or use to reference specific cases. Cases are accompanied by succinct author commentary highlighting the key elements of each case. An introductory chapter provides valuable guidance on how to read and understand case law, developing essential academic and practical skills.
Download or read book Contractual Indemnities written by Wayne Courtney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promises of indemnity are found in many kinds of commercial contracts, not just contracts of insurance. This book examines the nature and effect of contractual indemnities outside the insurance context. It is the first work to provide a detailed account of the subject in English law. The book presents a coherent theory of the promise of indemnity while also addressing important practical issues, such as the construction of contractual indemnities. The subject is approached from two perspectives. The foundations are laid by examining general principles applicable to indemnities in various forms. This covers the nature of indemnity promises; general principles of construction; the determination of scope; and the enforcement of indemnities. The approach then moves from the general to the specific, by examining separately particular forms of indemnity. Included among these are indemnities against liability to third parties, and indemnities against default or non-performance by third parties. The book states English law but it draws upon a considerable amount of material from other common law jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Singapore. It will appeal to readers from those countries.
Download or read book The Law of Joint Stock Companies containing the Companies Act 1862 and the acts incorporated therewith with copious notes of cases relative to Joint Stock Companies etc written by Leonard SHELFORD and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Albany Law Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building on Our Promise written by Indiana University Health Bloomington Inc and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its roots as an independent community hospital started 116 years ago by local female leaders, IU Health Bloomington Hospital has grown and thrived while caring for citizens of south-central Indiana. This book highlights the perseverance, farsightedness, and dedication of health care providers and administrators, as well as community and business leaders, in shaping and expanding health care. The stories of individual nurses and physicians, their expertise and empathy in treating patients, and the hospital's far-reaching social services reveal the indelible impact the hospital has made in the broad community. Patients' recollections of the medical care and personal attention they received depict the many ways they benefited and how their lives were improved and saved. This book traces the hospital's journey from its first home in a small, red brick building, through numerous expansions and medical advances, to its integration with IU Health's statewide system. In its new home at the IU Health Regional Academic Health Center, the hospital will continue to flourish, with its state-of-the-art facilities and high-quality personnel who provide care to more than 467,600 people in the 11-county area they serve.
Download or read book Australasian Building Societies and Mortgage Companies Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Partnership Including Its Application to Companies written by Nathaniel Lindley Baron Lindley and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financial Review and American Building Association News written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Law Reports Annotated written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise Upon the Law of Principal and Agent in Contract and Tort written by William Evans and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
