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'An ignorant set of men': an episode in the clash of the legal and accounting professions over jurisdiction
Author/Creator
McClelland, Phillip;  Stanton, Patricia
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Business & Law, Newcastle Business School
Description
In August 1875 in a Bankruptcy matter being heard at the Summer Assizes at Bristol in England, Mr Justice Quain gave vent to his spleen over the accounting profession's increasing hold on jurisdiction over bankruptcy matters. His remarks were not necessary for the decision but he found some support from the jury and the press of the day. In making his remarks he seems to have been echoing the sentiments of the legal profession of the time. The case itself was pedestrian-but the attention of the Daily Telegraph and the rebuttals in the accounting press give some insight into the struggle by accountants for professional recognition and the clash between the accounting and legal professions over jurisdiction in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Relation
Accounting History Vol. 9, Issue 2, p. 107-106
Publisher Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103237320400900206
Date
2004
Publisher
Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand, Accounting History Special Interest Group
Keyword(s)
accounting;  bankruptcy;  jurisdiction;  profession
Resource Type
journal article
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/803547
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ISSN:1032-3732
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"Accounting History"
 
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