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Explore and apply legal concepts through practical, engaging and real-life cases studies

Law for Business Students is the popular textbook for introducing legal concepts in a practical, engaging way through real-life cases relevant to the business world. A clear explanation of the study of law and study skills leads into the main core topics of law: contract (including intellectual property), tort, employment and business organisations (including formation), governance and dissolution. The book includes a range of features to aid understanding, applying and analysing legal concepts:

• Scenario – to encourage development of opinions and application of relevant legal concepts.
• Worth thinking about – discussion points to analyse within the classroom.
• Exam tips – pointing to areas of the law which are ripe for questions in an exam, to help revision practice.
• Chapter summaries – to reinforce learning of key concepts.
• Key terms – highlighted in margin notes.
• Review questions with answers – self-test questions and worked exam examples to consolidate knowledge, encouraging you to apply the law and boost confidence.
• Advanced questions – to challenge you in developing knowledge of the law.

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Law for Business Students

Contents

Publisher’s acknowledgements

Preface

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Table of statutory instruments

Table of European International legislation

Part 1: Introduction: getting started

1 Study skills

2 The nature of law

3 How the law is made

4 Resolving legal disputes

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

5 The law of contract: Offer and acceptance

6 The law of contract: Consideration, intention and privity

7 The terms of the contract at common law

8 Statutory terms in contracts for sale of goods and services

9 Defects in the contract: Misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influence

10 The consequences of illegality and incapacity: Illegality and incapacity

11 Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach

12 The law of agency

Part 3: The law of tort

13 The tort of negligence

14 Negligence and special duty situations

15 Product liability

16 Occupiers’ liability, nuisance and vicarious liability

Part 4: Elements of employment law

17 Rights at work: The contract of employment and health and safety at work

18 Rights at work: Protection against discrimination in employment

19 Rights at work:Protection against termination of employment by wrongful and unfair dismissal including redundancy

Part 5: Introduction to company law

20 Business organisations

21 Forming a registered company

22 Running the company: Raising and maintaining capital

23 The management and governance of companies: Functions of directors, secretary and auditors

24 Company meetings, shareholder participation and minority protection

Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law

25 Statutory intellectual property protection: Copyright, designs, patents and trade marks

26 Common law protection of intellectual property: Passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence

Appendix 1: Additional resources

Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and Review questions – outline answers

Index