Modern forms of business and the importance of agency law -- The corporation in theory and in history -- Formation of corporations -- Pre-incorporation transactions and problems of defective incorporation -- The distribution of powers in a corporation -- Shareholders -- Directors -- Officers -- Fiduciary duties -- Special issues in the close corporation -- Special issues in the public corporation -- Financing the corporation -- Dividends and other distributions -- Potential liability in securities transactions -- Derivative litigation -- Fundamental corporate changes -- Glossary