• Organizational economics drive the transformation of the large law firm: bureaucratization, the promotion-to-partner race, and the blending of seasoned and junior talent to secure market power [1], [2], [8], [9], [17], [20].

• Economic theories of the firm and contract theory illuminate corporate law through ownership structures, governance design, and competence-based perspectives [3], [12], [14], [13].

• Corporate governance norms emerge from normative debates, while legal-environment studies tie shareholder wealth maximization and due-process expansion to corporate life [4], [5], [6], [10], [19].

• Law's institutional role in business practice and education is foregrounded through the social contract with business, the rise of law as business, and curriculum integration [11], [17], [18], [16].