The book reveals the content of the main institutions and categories of modern corporate law in the European continental (mainly German) and Anglo-American legal systems: the concept, subject and main sources of corporate law. the concept of a corporation and the peculiarities of the legal status of certain types of corporations ; legal regime of the authorized capital of the corporation and cases of liability of its participants for general debts ; Legal forms of corporate governance and the role of corporate agreements ; legal status of corporate associations - concerns and holdings ; Features of legal status of legal entities (corporations) of public law . The presentation is conducted in comparison with the relevant institutions of Russian corporate legislation , There are a number of discussions, associated with its modern change and development, in particular with the development of a new edition of Chapter 4 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Status of Legal Entities , and justifies the assessment of existing and upcoming legislative novelties in this field . The work is designed for students, undergraduates, graduate students, as well as teachers of law and economic faculties and universities and practicing lawyers studying changes in the current Russian civil law and monitoring the development of corporate legislation.