standing collaboration. The Third Edition carries this collaboration forward into a new generation of scholars. Although the authors of the First Edition lent a hand, their role was largely advisory. We called ourselves the “supervisory board.” Most of the credit for the conceptual innovation and new research evident in this edition rightfully goes to those co- authors who joined the Anatomy prior to the Second Edition or before the Third Edition was underway. This is as it should be. Corporate law like other disciplines requires a steady infusion of new energy and fresh perspectives, if not to remain relevant then at least to reach closure while it is fresh. This is not to say that the Third Edition abandons the aspirations and conceptual framework of prior editions. We remain committed to an approach to corporate law that is “international,” “functional,” “neutral,” and last but not least, “brief.” Indeed, the Third Edition is considerably improved on three of these dimensions and, against all odds, steadfastly holds the line on its commitment to brevity. The Anatomy has always been “international” and comparative, yet it has inevitably been constrained in one sense, namely, the number of jurisdictions that it follows through its functional chapters. Concrete references to the law of particular jurisdictions is key to making our analysis credible; too many jurisdictions would overreach our collective expertise and invite the charge that we have cherry- picked examples to fit our conceptual framework. The Second Edition added Italy to our initial set of five jurisdictions selected from a short list of developed economies: France, Germany, Japan, the UK, and the U.S. Italy was chosen not only because it fit our jurisdictional profile but also because a major scholar of Italian corporate law, Luca Enriques, joined our collaboration. John Armour, who joined the Anatomy at the same time, broadened our conception of corporate law to include aspects of bankruptcy and related fields often located outside of our domain.