Law for Business Students

Preface Table of cases Table of legislation 1. Getting started: an introduction to studying law 2. Resolving legal disputes 3. How the law is made 4. The law of contract: offer and acceptance 5. The law of contract: consideration, intention and privity 6. The terms of the contract 7. Defects in the contract: misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influence 8. More defects: illegality and incapacity 9. Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach 10. Tort liability for defective goods 11. Tort liability for defective services 12. Tort liability for premises 13. Criminal law protection for the consumer 14. Credit facilities and the consumer 15. The law of agency 16. Sale of goods: the contract and its terms 17. Sale of goods: transfer of ownership, performance and remedies for breach of contract 18. Rights at work: the contract of employment and health and safety at work 19. Rights at work: protection against discrimination 20. Rights at work: protection against dismissal and redundancy 21. Business organisation 22. Forming a registered company 23. Running the company: raising and maintaining capital 24. Daily management of the company: functions of directors, secretary and auditors 25. Company meetings and shareholder participation 26. Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents and trade marks 27. Common law protection of intellectual property: passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence 28. Study skills, and revision and examination hints Appendix 1. Additional resources Appendix 2. Suggested solutions and quiz answers Appendix 3. Civil litigation terms: the Woolf reforms Index