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Boardroom Scandal : The Criminalization of Company Fraud in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Serious research for this monograph began in 2007; the writing and revisions extended from 2009 to 2012. The book explores legal cases (both civil and criminal) involving company managements, ranging over an 80-year period. While some of these were well-known, many had never before been studied by historians, and the process of identifying them, then mastering the complex legal detail, was time-intensive. This material was supplemented by extensive research in parliamentary papers, contemporary books and articles, and the newspaper press. The thesis derived from these primary sources is developed over ten chapters and 139,000 words.