Introduction, Victoria Barnes (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Jonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK) 1. When did English Company Law Begin? Victoria Barnes (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Jonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK) 2. On Mistakes and Trajectories: Using History in Normative Company Law, Jonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK) 3. New Approaches in Corporate Law History: History as a Resource for Navigating Uncertain Times, Sarah Wilson (University of York, UK) 4. The Unexpected Origins of the US Limited Liability Partnership, Harwell Wells (Temple University, USA) 5. Upending the State's Power to Regulate Corporate Separateness, Robert B Thompson (Georgetown University, USA) 6. Salomon and Sequana : The Central Significance of Separate Legal Entity, Susan Watson (University of Auckland, New Zealand) 7. Three Regimes: Corporations and Regulation in US History, Naomi R Lamoreaux (Yale University, USA) 8.

Early American Corporations and the Public Purpose, Eric Hilt (Wellesley College, USA) 9. Capitalism as Personal: Brunner, Mond & Co Ltd (1881-1926), Lorraine Talbot (University of Birmingham, UK) 10. The Corporate Share: From Membership to Financial Interest to Contractual Design, Ron Harris (Tel Aviv University, Israel) 11. Natural Unity? The Origins of the Principle of Inseparability of Voting Rights from Shares across Jurisdictions, Jennifer Trinks (Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany) 12. From Managerialism to Shareholder Primacy: The Role of the Cohen Committee and the Bank of England, Andrew Johnston (University of Warwick, UK) 13. 'A Few Pike in a Trout River'? Hostile Take-Over Bids and Dividend Restraint: The Debate in Government in the 1950s, Neil Rollings (University of Glasgow, UK) 14. The Right to Repose in Peace: The Making of Modern Company Law, Paddy Ireland (University of Bristol, UK) 15. Epilogue, Victoria Barnes (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Jonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK).