Akcje polskich spółek akcyjnych w XVIII wieku – analiza historycznoprawna, część II
Shares of Polish joint stock companies in the 18th century – historical and legal analysis, part II

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the legal construction of the shares of Polish public companies in the 18th century. The analysis relied on the statutes and documents referring to the shares. The Woolen Products Manufacturing Company founded in 1766 should be considered the first Polish public company. Before 1795, i.e. before the Third Partition of the country and the subsequent lost of independence, there had been established as many as seven companies of that type. The surviving projects of statutes show that there were plans for founding several other companies. The period in which the first Polish companies functioned was short and most of them were dissolved within a few years after they had been founded. This was partly due to the difficulties in collecting the capital fund. The preserved source materials allow for an analysis of the legal nature and function performed by the shares in the construction

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