1. The state's creation of the body corporate through law and politics : a short history
2. The doctrine of separate corporate personality
3. Multinational companies : organisational structure, surplus extraction, tort and other controls
4. Company formation and constitution
5. Corporate capacity and the doctrine of ultra vires : then, now and how it could be made to have social value
6. Director's duties
7. The law of derivative actions and the shareholder as company monitor
8. Capital in context : issues around shares, capital maintenance and value extraction.