A tightly argued riposte to law and economics discourse gives us a sound and satisfying analysis of the relevance of values and ideas in public political life which are of vital importance to corporate decision making. This is a most valuable and comprehensive response to economic contractualism providing a new normative framework to continue the international debate on corporate governance. Professor Janet Dine, Director, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK "Drawing upon political theory as a counterweight to the dominant economic perspective, Stephen Bottomley develops a coherent framework of values and principles against which corporate structures and processes may be tested. The book is also a major contribution to one of the principal challenges facing corporate law - the promotion of collective and other - regarding considerations in corporate decision making." Professor Paul Redmond, University of Technology, Australia.