Law For Business Students
9th Edition
Published on 23. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
680 pages
978-1-292-08893-8 (ISBN)
Description
Alix Adams Law for Business Students is popular for explaining the law in a jargon-free, engaging style and exploring the law firmly within the business world in which it operates using real life examples.
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Edition
9th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 186 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1084 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-292-08893-8 (9781292088938)
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Other editions
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Alix Adams
Adams: Law for Business Students p10
Book
02/2018
10th Edition
Pearson Education Limited
€63.39
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Previous edition
Alix Adams
Law for Business Students MyLawChamber pack
Book
05/2014
8th Edition
Pearson Education Limited
€55.80
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Person
Alix Adams has over 30 years' experience of teaching law from GCSE to degree and postgraduate level and is a barrister.
Content
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 More defects: illegality and incapacity
11 Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach
12 The law of agency
Part 3: The law of tort
13 Tort liability for defective goods
14 Tort liability for defective services
15 Tort liability for premises
Part 4: Elements of employment law
16 Rights at work: the contract of employment and health and safety at work
17 Rights at work: protection against discrimination
18 Rights at work: protection against dismissal and redundancy
Part 5: Introduction to company law
19 Business organisation
20 Forming a registered company
21 Running the company: raising and maintaining capital
22 Daily management of the company: functions of directors, secretary and auditors
23 Company meetings and shareholder participation
Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law
24 Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents
and trade marks
25 Common law protection of intellectual property: passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence
Appendix 1: Additional resources
Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and quiz solutions
Index
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 More defects: illegality and incapacity
11 Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach
12 The law of agency
Part 3: The law of tort
13 Tort liability for defective goods
14 Tort liability for defective services
15 Tort liability for premises
Part 4: Elements of employment law
16 Rights at work: the contract of employment and health and safety at work
17 Rights at work: protection against discrimination
18 Rights at work: protection against dismissal and redundancy
Part 5: Introduction to company law
19 Business organisation
20 Forming a registered company
21 Running the company: raising and maintaining capital
22 Daily management of the company: functions of directors, secretary and auditors
23 Company meetings and shareholder participation
Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law
24 Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents
and trade marks
25 Common law protection of intellectual property: passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence
Appendix 1: Additional resources
Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and quiz solutions
Index