| 1930s? | |
| Intellectual Property Rights |
| Patent Law | 1474 (Venice) | 1840s[b] | 1912 (the Netherlands)[b] | 1623 | 1793 |
| ‘Modern’ Patent Law[1] | 1836 (USA) | 1960s[b] | 1990s (Spain, Canada)[b] | 1852 | 1836 |
| ‘Modern’ Copyright Law[2] | | 1891 (1988)[3] |
| Trademark Law | 1862 (UK) | | 1862 | |
| Corporate Governance Institutions |
| Generalized Limited Liability | 1844 (Sweden) | | 1856 (1862)[4] | |
| Bankruptcy Law | | 1542 | 1800 |
| ‘Modern’ Bankruptcy Law[5] | | 1849 | 1898 |
| ‘Modern’ Auditing and Disclosure[6] | | 1948 | 1933 |
| Competition Law | 1890 (USA) | | 1919 | 1890 |
| Effective Competition Law | 1914 (USA) | | 1956 | 1914 |
| Financial Institutions |
| ‘Modern’ Banking[7] | mid-1920s (UK) | | mid-1920s | |
| Central Banking | 1688 (Sweden) | 1847[c] | 1913 (USA)[c,9] | 1694 | 1913 |
| ‘Modern’ Central Banking[8] | 1844 (UK) | 1891[c] | 1929 (USA)[c,9] | 1844 | 1929 |
| Securities Regulation | 1679 (UK) |
