Cover
Praise for Law for Business
Law For Business Students
Pearson
Title
Copyright
Brief Contents
Contents
Publishers Acknowledgements
Preface
Table of cases
Table of statutes
Table of statutory instruments
Table of European
Part 1:Introduction: getting started
1 Study skills
Introduction
Starting to study
Good study habits
Writing law assignments
Revision and examination technique
Conclusion
2 The nature of law
Introduction
What is law?
The characteristics of English law
Why do we need law?
The differences between criminal and civil law
Changing the law
Essential legal terms
Chapter summary
Review questions 1
Advanced questions 1
Further reading
Web activity
3 How the law is made
Introduction
European law
Parliament
The courts
The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998)
Chapter summary
Review questions 2
Advanced questions 2
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 1
4 Resolving legal disputes
Introduction
The court system
Bringing a case in the civil courts
The Woolf reforms 1999
Settlement out of court
Payment into court and offers to settle
Civil litigation procedures
The trial of the case
Executing the judgment
Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
The tribunal system
Chapter summary
Review questions 3
Advanced questions 3
Web activity
Assignment 2
Part 2: Law of contract, agency and sale of goods
5 The law of contract: Offer and acceptance
Introduction
The essentials of a binding contract
The offer
The acceptance
Chapter summary
Review questions 4
Advanced questions 4
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 3
6 The law of contract: Consideration, intention and privity
Introduction
Consideration
Intention to create legal relations
Privity of contract
Chapter summary
Review questions 5
Advanced questions 5
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 4
7 The terms of the contract at common law
Introduction
Express and implied terms
The relative importance of contractual terms
Exemption clauses: Limitation and exclusion of liability
Chapter summary
Review questions 6
Advanced questions 6
Take a closer look
Further reading
Assignment 5
8 Statutory terms in contracts for sale of goods and services
Introduction
Part 1: Commercial sales contracts
The terms implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979
Other key statutes which regulate contracts involving goods
Part 2: Consumer sales
An overview of consumer sales protection before the CRA 2015
The Consumer Rights Act 2015
Chapter summary
Review questions 7
Advanced questions 7
Take a closer look
Further reading
Assignment 6
9 Defects in the contract: Misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influence
Introduction
Misrepresentation
Mistake
Duress and undue influence
Chapter summary
Review questions 8
Advanced questions 8
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 7
10 The consequences of illegality and incapacity: Illegality and incapacity
Introduction
Illegality
Contractual incapacity
Chapter summary
Review questions 9
Advanced questions 9
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 8
11 Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach
Introduction
Discharge of contracts
Remedies for breach of contract
Chapter summary
Review questions 10
Advanced questions 10
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 9
12 The law of agency
Introduction
The creation of agency
The rights and duties of the agent
The rights and duties of the principal
Termination of agency
Some common types of specialist agents
Chapter summary
Review questions 11
Advanced questions 11
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 10
Part 3: The law of tort
13 The tort of negligence
Introduction
Negligence liability
1 The duty of care
2 Breach of duty
3 Proving consequential loss or damage
Defences in tort
Chapter summary
Review questions 12
Advanced questions 12
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 11
14 Negligence and special duty situations
Introduction
Special duty situations
Chapter summary
Review questions 13
Advanced questions 13
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 12
15 Product liability
Introduction
Liability for defective products
The Consumer Protection Act 1987 (Part I)
Chapter summary
Review questions 14
Advanced questions 14
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 13
16 Occupiersβ liability, nuisance and vicarious liability
Introduction
The occupierβs liability to people on the premises
Duties of an occupier to people outside the premises
Vicarious liability
Chapter summary
Review questions 15
Advanced questions 15
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 14
Part 4: Elements of employment law
17 Rights at work: The contract of employment and health and safety at work
Introduction
The employment contract: a contract of service
The law of tort: employersβ civil liability for industrial injuries
Criminal law regulation of safety in the workplace
Chapter summary
Review questions 16
Advanced questions 16
Take a closer look
Further reading
Web activity
Assignment 15
18 Rights at work: Protection against discrimination in employment
Introduction
The Equality Act 2010: the core provisions
The operation of the Equality Act 2010
Age
Disability
Gender re-assignment
Marriage and civil partnership
Pregnancy and maternity
Race
Religion or belief
Sex
Sexual orientation
Enforcing anti-discrimination legislation
The promotion of equality
The Equality and Human Rights Commission
Chapter summary
Review questions 17
Advanced questions 17
Take a closer look
Further reading
Web activity
Assignment 16
19 Rights at work: Protection against termination of employment by wrongful and unfair dismissal including redundancy
Introduction
Wrongful dismissal
Unfair dismissal
Redundancy
Transfer of undertakings
Claiming at the employment tribunal
Chapter summary
Review questions 18
Advanced questions 18
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 17
Part 5: Introduction to company law
20 Business organisations
Introduction
Legal personality, incorporation and limited liability
The sole trader
The partnership
The registered company
The impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) on business organisations
Conclusion
Chapter summary
Review questions 19
Advanced questions 19
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 18
21 Forming a registered company
Introduction
Promoting the company
Forming the company
Buying a company βoff the shelfβ
Dissolution of the company
Chapter summary
Review questions 20
Advanced questions 20
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 19
22 Running the company: Raising and maintaining capital
Introduction
Share capital
Loan capital
Chapter summary
Review questions 21
Advanced questions 21
Web activity
Assignment 20
23 The management and governance of companies: Functions of directors, secretary and auditors
Introduction
The directors
The company secretary
The auditors of the company
Insider dealing
Chapter summary
Review questions 22
Advanced questions 22
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 21
24 Company meetings, shareholder participation and minority protection
Introduction
General meetings
Protecting the rights of minority shareholders
Chapter summary
Review questions 23
Advanced questions 23
Web activity
Assignment 22
Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law
25 Statutory intellectual property protection: Copyright, designs, patents and trade marks
Introduction
Statutory regulation of intellectual property
The impact of EU law and international treaties on intellectual property rights
Chapter summary
Review questions 24
Advanced questions 24
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 23
26 Common law protection of intellectual property: Passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence
Introduction
Passing off
Malicious falsehood
Breach of confidence and protection of privacy
Remedies for passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence
Chapter summary
Review questions 25
Advanced questions 25
Take a closer look
Web activity
Assignment 24
Appendix 1: Additional resources
Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and Review questions β outline answers
Index