Full Description
Catering for a range of learning styles, Law for Business Students, clearly outlines the main legal rules and cases before reinforcing understanding through application of the law to business examples and topical news stories. A broad variety of end of chapter resources ensure students understand key terms and issues covered in the chapter and have the opportunity to practice answering questions and undertake activities relating to each topic, further enhancing their understanding and building their legal knowledge.
Contents
Guided tourPublisher's AcknowledgementsPrefaceTable of casesTable of statutesTable of statutory instrumentsTable of European and International legislationPart 1: Introduction: Getting started 1 Study Skills 2 The nature of law3 How the law is made 4 Resolving legal disputes Part 2: Law of contract, agency and sale of goods 5 The law of contract: offer and acceptance 6 The law of contract: consideration, intention and privity 7 The terms of the contract 8 Defects in the contract: misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influence 9 More defects: illegality and incapacity 10 Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach 11 The law of agency 12 Sale of goods: the contract and its terms 13 Sale of goods: transfer of ownership, performance and remedies for breach of contract Part 3: The law of tort 14 Tort liability for defective goods 15 Tort liability for defective services 16 Tort liability for premises Part 4: Elements of employment law 17 Rights at work: the contract of employment and health and safety at work 18 Rights at work: protection against discrimination 19 Rights at work: protection against dismissal and redundancy Part 5: Introduction to company law 20 Business organisation 21 Forming a registered company 22 Running the company: raising and maintaining capital 23 Daily management of the company: functions of directors, secretary and auditors 24 Company meetings and shareholder participation Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law 25 Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents and trade marks 26 Common law protection of intellectual property: passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence Appendix 1: Additional resources Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and quiz solutions Index
