Law for Business Studies Students

✍ Scribed by Keith Owens

• Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 808
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Law for Business Studies Students is written in a clear and readable style and aims to make the law understandable for readers at undergraduate or comparable level. It explains the practical influences under which the law has been formed, so that the student will be better able to understand why the law has developed in the way that it has. It gives lots of straightforward examples as to how the law works in practice and aims to equip students with the ability to appraise the effectiveness of the law in a particular circumstance rather than simply providing a list of rules for the student to regurgitate at exam time. The facts of the more important cases are given in some detail to enable the student to appreciate the range of factors which the court may have taken into account in reaching its decision.

The new edition has been updated to take account of all recent developments, both in relation to statute and to case law. Certain chapters, particularly in the area of sale of goods, have been substantially rewritten and expanded in an attempt to give more detail, while at the same time remaining student-friendly. New chapters on Agency and Negligence have been added. This new edition should be suitable for most courses which have a business law element.

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries......Page 1
PREFACE......Page 8
CONTENTS......Page 10
Table of Cases......Page 28
Table of Statutes......Page 52
Table of Statutory Instruments......Page 62
1 THE LEGAL SYSTEM......Page 66
2 CONTRACTS AND WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR......Page 118
3 HAVE WE GOT A CONTRACT?......Page 126
4 CERTAINTY OF TERMS AND SUBJECT MATTER......Page 160
5 CONSIDERATION......Page 166
6 INTENTION TO CREATE LEGAL RELATIONS......Page 194
7 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT......Page 202
8 UNFAIR CONTRACTS......Page 226
9 IMPOSSIBILITY......Page 270
10 MISREPRESENTATION......Page 294
11 PRIVITY OF CONTRACT......Page 320
12 MISTAKEN IDENTITY AND MISTAKES WITH DOCUMENTS......Page 344
13 CAPACITY......Page 358
14 ILLEGALITY......Page 364
15 DISCHARGE OF CONTRACTS......Page 376
16 REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT......Page 386
17 SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES......Page 410
18 SALE OF GOODS TERMS IMPLIED IN FAVOUR OF THE BUYER......Page 418
19 SALE OF GOODS: PASSING OF PROPERTY......Page 456
20 TRANSFER OF TITLE BY A NON-OWNER......Page 476
21 DUTIES OF THE BUYER AND SELLER......Page 508
22 THE AGENT AND THE AGENT’S AUTHORITY......Page 524
23 THE DUTIES OF THE AGENT AND THE PRINCIPAL......Page 550
24 CONSUMER CREDIT......Page 570
25 LIABILITY FOR UNSAFE PRODUCTS......Page 610
26 CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR STATEMENTS......Page 636
27 NEGLIGENCE (1)......Page 654
28 NEGLIGENCE (2)......Page 686
29 CORPORATIONS......Page 714
30 COMPANY DIRECTORS, SECRETARY AND AUDITORS......Page 746
31 COMPANY INSOLVENCY......Page 758
Index......Page 784