'As Javier Reyes points out, ''The corporation may not be a mystery of eternity or life, but it is a window into the big questions of human nature.'' The author of this book depicts an impressive historical timeline from Ancient Rome to this day. Each page of the book portrays the author's vast knowledge, whether it is about organizational theory, economic history, philosophy, psychology or legal history. However, Reyes' book manages to avoid any academic dreariness. Reyes draws a set of guidelines for a new type of a general theory, without trying to offer ultimate truths. He is an excellent pedagogue putting forth the right questions and thus allowing the reader to come up with the answers by himself. During my university years, books of this quality were scarce.'--Wille Rydman, MP, Finnish Parliament'Javier Reyes offers new scholarly and theoretical perspectives on corporate law and governance. He seeks to reframe our thinking by exposing political and ideological features of mainstream law and economics and their effects on corporate governance thinking. This impressive book provides new analytical tools and is essential reading for corporate lawyers.'--Roman Tomasic, University of South Australia
