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Robert Redelmeier
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips keith said:You'll have to show me that one! AFAIK, Austrailian law
comes from the sample place as ours; English Common Law,
which certainly does have the concept of limited-liability
Comparatively recently (1811 for NY, 1854 for UK, 1931 for Calif)
http://www.economist.com/diversions/millennium/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=347323
particularly PDF in right sidebar.
I couldn't quickly find a reference to Australia.
In the dark ages this was true. I challenge you to find
this in law in the last two hundred years (outside Cicily,
...or Chicago .
I believe in NY & WI, shareholders are still liable pro-rata
for unpaid wages.
-- Robert