Essentials of Business Law

Ewan MacIntyre has recently retired after 25 years as a Senior Lecturer in Law at Nottingham Law School and has extensive experience in teaching business law. He is also the author of the successful textbook, Business Law (Pearson).

Preface

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Table of statutory instruments

Table of European legislation

 

Study skills



The legal system


Making a contract


The terms of the contract


Misrepresentation, mistake, duress and illegality


Discharge of contracts and remedies for breach


Agency


The Sale of Goods Act 1979


The tort of negligence


Nuisance, trespass, defamation and vicarious liability


Companies (1): Characteristics and formation


Companies (2): Management, control and winding up


Partnership, limited liability partnership and choice of legal status


Employment (1): The contract of employment, employment rights and dismissal


Employment (2): Discrimination and health and safety


Regulation of business by the criminal law


Credit transactions and intellectual property rights


The resolution of business disputes



Glossary

Index