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Embracing their origin, constitution and change of character ; and the superiority of permanent, over terminating societies ; also, the principles and practice of tontine building companies, freehold land societies, &c., and the law relating to those societies ; with the statutes and cases to the present time ; also rules, forms, and precedents, of freehold, copyhold, and leasehold securities ; with practical notes.
Richard Cobden (1804-65) rose from humble beginnings to become the leading advocate of nineteenth-century free-trade and liberalism. As a fierce opponent of the Corn Laws and promoter of international trade he rapidly became an influential figure on the national stage, whose name became a byword for political and economic reform. Yet despite the familiarity with which contemporaries and historians refer to 'Cobdenism' his ideals and beliefs are not always easy to identify and classify in a coherent way. Indeed, as this volume makes clear, the variety, diversity and malleability of the 'Cobdenite project' attest to the lack of a strict dogma and highlight Cobden's underlying pragmatism. Divid...