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The strangest thing is that the City of London is very much like a corporation. A business with policing powers over other businesses...?
by switch007 13y ago
The strangest thing is that the City of London is very much like a corporation. A business with policing powers over other businesses...?
- pjc50 13y agoJust because it's called "City of London Corporation" does not mean it's the same as a public limited company with shareholders. It's basically a local authority with an unusual name and history(+). Of course it's very pro-establishment, but that's a function of its electorate. PIPCU is new and a little unusual, although there's plenty of precedent for having special police units for complicated crime and they sit next to the Fraud bureau in City police units. It's a bit of an escalation - previously it was local Trading Standards who would handle piracy (e.g. people selling copied DVDs at the local market) (+) How old? Over 1000 years, its origin is unclear. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_corporation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipal_corporation http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/who-we-are/Pages/the-city-of-london-corporation.aspx http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/who-we-are/Pag...
- Hoff 13y agoSee the Reedy Creek Improvement District, for a US analog: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_Distric...