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Essentials of business law / Ewan MacIntyre.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harlow : Pearson Longman, 2007.Description: xxxiii, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781405840798
  • 140584079X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.4207   22
Contents:
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
Abstract: This is specifically designed to equip non-law students with an understanding of the essential topics in a business law course. Providing a highly readable explanation of the law, it brings the subject to life through the use of diagrams and examples highlighting how the law operates in its business context.
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Includes index.

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

This is specifically designed to equip non-law students with an understanding of the essential topics in a business law course. Providing a highly readable explanation of the law, it brings the subject to life through the use of diagrams and examples highlighting how the law operates in its business context.

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