This Book critically examines the theory and operation of withdrawal remedies in the world’s four largest developed economies, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. This Chapter opens by introducing the legal problem at the core of the Book: the need for minority shareholder protection in situations of shareholder conflict in close corporations. After explaining out the objectives, choice of target jurisdictions, terminology, and the ‘tripartite method’ employed, this Chapter ends with an overview of the remaining Chapters in the Book.