Victoria Barnes is Reader in Commercial Law at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.Jonathan Hardman is Senior Lecturer in Company and Commercial Law at University of Edinburgh, UK.

• IntroductionVictoria 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 Sally Wheeler (Birkbeck, University ofLondon, UK)2. On Mistakes and Trajectories: Using History in Normative Company LawJonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK)3. New Approaches in Corporate Law History: History as a Resource for Navigating Uncertain TimesSarah Wilson (University of York, UK)4. The Unexpected Origins of the US Limited Liability PartnershipHarwell Wells (Temple University, USA)5. Upending the State’s Power to Regulate Corporate SeparatenessRobert B Thompson (Georgetown University, USA)6. Salomon and Sequana: The Central Significance of Separate Legal EntitySusan Watson (University of Auckland, New Zealand)7. Three Regimes: Corporations and Regulation in US HistoryNaomi R Lamoreaux (University of Michigan, USA)8. Early American Corporations and the Public PurposeEric 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 DesignRon Harris (Tel Aviv University, Israel)11. Natural Unity? The Origins of the Principle of Inseparability of Voting Rights from Shares across JurisdictionsJennifer 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 EnglandAndrew 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 1950sNeil Rollings (University of Glasgow, UK)14. The Right to Repose in Peace: The Making of Modern Company LawPaddy Ireland (University of Bristol, UK)15. Epilogue Victoria Barnes (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Jonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Victoria Barnes is Reader in Commercial Law at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.Jonathan Hardman is Senior Lecturer in Company and Commercial Law at University of Edinburgh, UK.

• IntroductionVictoria 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 Sally Wheeler (Birkbeck, University ofLondon, UK)2. On Mistakes and Trajectories: Using History in Normative Company LawJonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK)3. New Approaches in Corporate Law History: History as a Resource for Navigating Uncertain TimesSarah Wilson (University of York, UK)4. The Unexpected Origins of the US Limited Liability PartnershipHarwell Wells (Temple University, USA)5. Upending the State’s Power to Regulate Corporate SeparatenessRobert B Thompson (Georgetown University, USA)6. Salomon and Sequana: The Central Significance of Separate Legal EntitySusan Watson (University of Auckland, New Zealand)7. Three Regimes: Corporations and Regulation in US HistoryNaomi R Lamoreaux (University of Michigan, USA)8. Early American Corporations and the Public PurposeEric 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 DesignRon Harris (Tel Aviv University, Israel)11. Natural Unity? The Origins of the Principle of Inseparability of Voting Rights from Shares across JurisdictionsJennifer 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 EnglandAndrew 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 1950sNeil Rollings (University of Glasgow, UK)14. The Right to Repose in Peace: The Making of Modern Company LawPaddy Ireland (University of Bristol, UK)15. Epilogue Victoria Barnes (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Jonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Victoria Barnes is Reader in Commercial Law at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.Jonathan Hardman is Senior Lecturer in Company and Commercial Law at University of Edinburgh, UK.

• IntroductionVictoria 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 Sally Wheeler (Birkbeck, University ofLondon, UK)2. On Mistakes and Trajectories: Using History in Normative Company LawJonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK)3. New Approaches in Corporate Law History: History as a Resource for Navigating Uncertain TimesSarah Wilson (University of York, UK)4. The Unexpected Origins of the US Limited Liability PartnershipHarwell Wells (Temple University, USA)5. Upending the State’s Power to Regulate Corporate SeparatenessRobert B Thompson (Georgetown University, USA)6. Salomon and Sequana: The Central Significance of Separate Legal EntitySusan Watson (University of Auckland, New Zealand)7. Three Regimes: Corporations and Regulation in US HistoryNaomi R Lamoreaux (University of Michigan, USA)8. Early American Corporations and the Public PurposeEric 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 DesignRon Harris (Tel Aviv University, Israel)11. Natural Unity? The Origins of the Principle of Inseparability of Voting Rights from Shares across JurisdictionsJennifer 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 EnglandAndrew 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 1950sNeil Rollings (University of Glasgow, UK)14. The Right to Repose in Peace: The Making of Modern Company LawPaddy Ireland (University of Bristol, UK)15. Epilogue Victoria Barnes (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Jonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh, UK)