Law for Business Students

Alix Adams has over thirty years experience of teaching law from GCSE to degree and postgraduate level and is a barrister.

Guided tour

Publisher's Acknowledgements

Preface

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Table of statutory instruments

Table of European and International legislation

Part 1: Introduction: Getting started

1 Study Skills

2 The nature of law

3 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