Law for business students /
Adams, Alix.
Law for business students / Alix Adams. - 6th ed. - Harlow, Essex, England ; New York : Pearson Longman, 2010. - xlvii, 589 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Getting started: an introduction to studying 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 -- 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 -- Sale of goods: the contract and its terms -- Sale of goods: transfer of ownership, performance and remedies for breach of contract -- 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 -- Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents and trade marks -- Common law protection of intellectual property: passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence -- Study skills, revision and examination hints.
9781408225455 (pbk.)
Commercial law -- England.
Law for business students / Alix Adams. - 6th ed. - Harlow, Essex, England ; New York : Pearson Longman, 2010. - xlvii, 589 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Getting started: an introduction to studying 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 -- 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 -- Sale of goods: the contract and its terms -- Sale of goods: transfer of ownership, performance and remedies for breach of contract -- 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 -- Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents and trade marks -- Common law protection of intellectual property: passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence -- Study skills, revision and examination hints.
9781408225455 (pbk.)
Commercial law -- England.