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Contents ix

Publisher’s acknowledgements xviii

Preface xix

Table of cases xx

Table of statutes 00

Table of statutory instruments 00

Table of European and International legislation 00

Part 1: Introduction: getting started 1

1 Study skills 3

2 The nature of law 17

3 How the law is made 27

4 Resolving legal disputes 53

Part 2: Law of contract, agency and sale of goods 73

5 The law of contract: offer and acceptance 75

6 The law of contract: consideration, intention and privity 99

7 The terms of the contract at common law 121

8 Statutory terms in contracts for sale of goods and services 139

9 Defects in the contract: misrepresentation, mistake,

duress and undue influence 169

10 More defects: illegality and incapacity 199

11 Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach 217

12 The law of agency 251

Part 3: The law of tort 271

13 Tort liability for defective goods 273

14 Tort liability for defective services 295

15 Tort liability for premises 341

Part 4: Elements of employment law 377

16 Rights at work: the contract of employment and health and safety at work 379

17 Rights at work: protection against discrimination 403

18 Rights at work: protection against dismissal and redundancy 443

Part 5: Introduction to company law 465

19 Business organisation 467

20 Forming a registered company 489

21 Running the company: raising and maintaining capital 505

22 Daily management of the company: functions of directors, secretary

and auditors 519

23 Company meetings and shareholder participation 543

Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law 557

24 Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents

and trade marks 559

25 Common law protection of intellectual property: Passing off,

malicious falsehood and breach of confidence 581

Appendix 1: Additional resources 598

Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and quiz solutions 602

Index