Law for Business Students 6th Edition by Alix Adams ISBN 140822545X 9781408225455

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