V. Markham Lester
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198205180
- eISBN:
- 9780191676536
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198205180.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Economic History
This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on insolvency law reform in England during the 19th century and provides some observations about the legacy of the Bankruptcy Act of 1883. It ...
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This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on insolvency law reform in England during the 19th century and provides some observations about the legacy of the Bankruptcy Act of 1883. It highlights the role of the Act in the growth and impact of the government on bankruptcy administration and its influence on bankruptcy legislation in other countries. This study concludes that financial failure was indeed a significant problem Victorian English society and that it was effectively addressed with the reform of the bankruptcy system and the abolition of imprisonment for debt.Less
This chapter sums up the key findings of this study on insolvency law reform in England during the 19th century and provides some observations about the legacy of the Bankruptcy Act of 1883. It highlights the role of the Act in the growth and impact of the government on bankruptcy administration and its influence on bankruptcy legislation in other countries. This study concludes that financial failure was indeed a significant problem Victorian English society and that it was effectively addressed with the reform of the bankruptcy system and the abolition of imprisonment for debt.
