Decriminalization would be premature without considering what might be done to reconstruct corporate criminal law in all aspects -substantive liability, sentencing, evidence, and procedure. However, constructive proposals are currently scarce because of the prevailing assumption that the theoretical underpinnings of corporate criminal liability are insufficiently sound to carry the weight of reconstruction. This article maintains that corporate criminal law should be rebuilt. The offense of contempt has several advantages as a beginning point. Reactive corporate fault would be largely a refinement of the mens rea now required for criminal contempt, and it would be unnecessary to subject corporations to a revolutionary sweep of statutory duties. Finally, corporate defendants would have fair notice of their reactive duties and courts could carefully apply the concept of reactive corporate fault in a manner responsive to the facts of each particular case. In developing new sanctions against corporate offenders, courts could create a wide range of sentencing options by exploiting their inherent power to fashion sanctions for the offense of criminal contempt. A total of 514 case notes are supplied. (Author summary modified)