This publication deals with the theoretical aspects of regulatory and enabling approaches to corporate law enforcement and traces the patterns of litigation between 1986 to 2002 and the impact of reforms in New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. There has been a shortage of this kind of empirical work in New Zealand – it is hoped this study will go some way to addressing this. This work is based on a thesis submitted by Dr Berkahn for the degree of Doctor of Juridical Science at Deakin University.