Law for business students /

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Main Author: Adams, Alix (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Edition:Eighth edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Study skills
  • The nature of law
  • How the law is made
  • Resolving legal disputes
  • The law of contract: offer and acceptance
  • The law of contract: consideration, intention and privity
  • The terms of the contract at common law
  • Statutory terms in contracts for sale of goods and services
  • Defects in the contract : misrepresentation, mistake, duress, and undue influence
  • More defects : illegality and incapacity
  • Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach
  • The law of agency
  • Tort liability for defective goods
  • Tort liability for defective services
  • Tort liability for premises
  • Rights at work : the contract of employment and health and safety at work
  • Rights at work : protection against discrimination
  • Rights at work : protection against dismissal and redundancy
  • Business organisation
  • Forming a registered company
  • Running the company : raising and maintaining capital
  • Daily management of the company : functions of directors, secretary, and auditors
  • Company meetings and shareholder participation
  • General principles of intellectual property law
  • Statutory intellectual property protection : copyright, designs, patents, and trademarks
  • Common law protection of intellectual property : passing off, malicious falsehood, and breach of confidence.