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Abstract
Alix Adams’ Law for Business Students explains the law in a jargon-free, engaging style and explores the law firmly within the context of the business world using real-life examples..
The text follows a six-part structure, beginning with an introduction to the study of law for those new to the subject, before outlining each major area of legal concern in business including contracts and sales, tort, employment, corporate organisation (now expanded to include dissolution of companies) and intellectual property..
This 10th edition has been updated with over 20 new case references including all relevant key decisions of the European Court of Justice and the UK Supreme Court. Reference to new legislation includes the Equality Act (Gender Pay Gap) Regulations 2017..
Catering for a range of learning styles, Law for Business Students clearly outlines the main legal rules and cases. It uses business examples and topical news stories to reinforce understanding and demonstrate the practical application of the law. Key terms are explained in helpful margin notes, and a broad variety of end-of-chapter resources ensures that you understand the issues covered in the chapter and gives you an opportunity to apply your knowledge in questions and activities relating to each topic. The full-colour page design clearly identifies each learning feature to help you get the most out of your study..
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Title Page | iii | ||
| Copyright Page | iv | ||
| Dedication | v | ||
| Brief contents | vii | ||
| Contents | ix | ||
| Publisher’s acknowledgements | xviii | ||
| Preface | xix | ||
| Table of cases | xx | ||
| Table of statutes | xxxii | ||
| Table of statutory instruments | xxxvii | ||
| Table of European and International legislation | xxxix | ||
| Part 1: Introduction: getting started | 1 | ||
| 1 Study skills | 3 | ||
| Introduction | 3 | ||
| Starting to study | 4 | ||
| Good study habits | 5 | ||
| Writing law assignments | 8 | ||
| Revision and examination technique | 12 | ||
| Conclusion | 15 | ||
| 2 The nature of law | 17 | ||
| Introduction | 17 | ||
| What is law? | 18 | ||
| The characteristics of English law | 18 | ||
| Why do we need law? | 20 | ||
| The differences between criminal and civil law | 21 | ||
| Changing the law | 22 | ||
| Essential legal terms | 23 | ||
| Chapter summary | 25 | ||
| Quiz 1 | 25 | ||
| 3 How the law is made | 27 | ||
| Introduction | 27 | ||
| European law | 28 | ||
| Parliament | 33 | ||
| The courts | 35 | ||
| The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) | 44 | ||
| Chapter summary | 50 | ||
| Quiz 2 | 51 | ||
| Take a closer look | 51 | ||
| Web activity | 51 | ||
| Assignment 1 | 51 | ||
| 4 Resolving legal disputes | 53 | ||
| Introduction | 53 | ||
| The court system | 54 | ||
| Bringing a case in the civil courts | 58 | ||
| The Woolf reforms 1999 | 59 | ||
| Settlement out of court | 59 | ||
| Payment into court and offers to settle | 60 | ||
| Civil litigation procedures | 60 | ||
| The trial of the case | 63 | ||
| Executing the judgment | 63 | ||
| Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) | 64 | ||
| The tribunal system | 67 | ||
| Chapter summary | 70 | ||
| Quiz 3 | 71 | ||
| Web activity | 71 | ||
| Assignment 2 | 71 | ||
| Part 2: Law of contract, agency and sale of goods | 73 | ||
| 5 The law of contract: offer and acceptance | 75 | ||
| Introduction | 75 | ||
| The essentials of a binding contract | 76 | ||
| The offer | 77 | ||
| The acceptance | 86 | ||
| Chapter summary | 94 | ||
| Quiz 4 | 95 | ||
| Take a closer look | 95 | ||
| Web activity | 96 | ||
| Assignment 3 | 96 | ||
| 6 The law of contract: consideration, intention and privity | 99 | ||
| Introduction | 99 | ||
| Consideration | 100 | ||
| Intention to create legal relations | 109 | ||
| Privity of contract | 112 | ||
| Chapter summary | 116 | ||
| Quiz 5 | 117 | ||
| Take a closer look | 117 | ||
| Web activity | 117 | ||
| Assignment 4 | 118 | ||
| 7 The terms of the contract at common law | 121 | ||
| Introduction | 121 | ||
| Express and implied terms | 122 | ||
| The relative importance of contractual terms | 126 | ||
| Limitation and exclusion of liability | 131 | ||
| Chapter summary | 136 | ||
| Quiz 6 | 136 | ||
| Take a closer look | 137 | ||
| Assignment 5 | 137 | ||
| 8 Statutory terms in contracts for sale of goods and services | 139 | ||
| Introduction | 139 | ||
| Part 1: Commercial sales contracts | 140 | ||
| The terms implied by the Sale of Goods Act 1979 | 141 | ||
| Other key statutes which regulate contracts involving goods | 148 | ||
| Part 2: Consumer sales | 155 | ||
| An overview of consumer sales protection before the CRA 2015 | 156 | ||
| The Consumer Rights Act 2015 | 158 | ||
| Chapter summary | 165 | ||
| Quiz 7 | 166 | ||
| Take a closer look | 166 | ||
| Web activity | 167 | ||
| Assignment 6 | 167 | ||
| 9 Defects in the contract: misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influence | 169 | ||
| Introduction | 169 | ||
| Misrepresentation | 170 | ||
| Mistake | 179 | ||
| Duress and undue influence | 188 | ||
| Chapter summary | 195 | ||
| Quiz 8 | 196 | ||
| Take a closer look | 196 | ||
| Web activity | 197 | ||
| Assignment 7 | 197 | ||
| 10 More defects: illegality and incapacity | 199 | ||
| Introduction | 199 | ||
| Illegality | 200 | ||
| Contractual incapacity | 211 | ||
| Chapter summary | 214 | ||
| Quiz 9 | 215 | ||
| Take a closer look | 215 | ||
| Assignment 8 | 215 | ||
| 11 Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach | 217 | ||
| Introduction | 217 | ||
| Discharge of contracts | 218 | ||
| Remedies for breach of contract | 233 | ||
| Chapter summary | 246 | ||
| Quiz 10 | 247 | ||
| Take a closer look | 247 | ||
| Web activity | 247 | ||
| Assignment 9 | 248 | ||
| 12 The law of agency | 251 | ||
| Introduction | 251 | ||
| The creation of agency | 252 | ||
| The rights and duties of the agent | 259 | ||
| The rights and duties of the principal | 262 | ||
| Termination of agency | 263 | ||
| Some common types of specialist agents | 265 | ||
| Chapter summary | 267 | ||
| Quiz 11 | 268 | ||
| Take a closer look | 268 | ||
| Web activity | 269 | ||
| Assignment 10 | 269 | ||
| Part 3: The law of tort | 271 | ||
| 13 Tort liability for defective goods | 273 | ||
| Introduction | 273 | ||
| Negligence liability | 274 | ||
| The Consumer Protection Act 1987 (Part I) | 282 | ||
| Chapter summary | 291 | ||
| Quiz 12 | 291 | ||
| Take a closer look | 292 | ||
| Web activity | 292 | ||
| Assignment 11 | 292 | ||
| 14 Tort liability for defective services | 295 | ||
| Introduction | 295 | ||
| Part 1: problematic duty situations | 296 | ||
| Part 2: breach of duty | 322 | ||
| Proving consequent damage | 328 | ||
| Chapter summary | 337 | ||
| Quiz 13 | 338 | ||
| Take a closer look | 338 | ||
| Web activity | 339 | ||
| Assignment 12 | 339 | ||
| 15 Tort liability for premises | 341 | ||
| Introduction | 341 | ||
| The occupier’s liability to people on the premises | 342 | ||
| Duties of an occupier to people outside the premises | 351 | ||
| Defences in tort | 362 | ||
| Vicarious liability | 366 | ||
| Chapter summary | 372 | ||
| Quiz 14 | 373 | ||
| Take a closer look | 373 | ||
| Web activity | 373 | ||
| Assignment 13 | 374 | ||
| Part 4: Elements of employment law | 377 | ||
| 16 Rights at work: the contract of employment and health and safety at work | 379 | ||
| Introduction | 379 | ||
| The employment contract: a contract of service | 380 | ||
| The law of tort: employers’ civil liability for industrial injuries | 390 | ||
| Criminal law regulation of safety in the workplace | 395 | ||
| Chapter summary | 398 | ||
| Quiz 15 | 399 | ||
| Take a closer look | 399 | ||
| Web activity | 400 | ||
| Assignment 14 | 400 | ||
| 17 Rights at work: protection against discrimination | 403 | ||
| Introduction | 403 | ||
| The Equality Act 2010: the core provisions | 404 | ||
| The operation of the Equality Act 2010 | 406 | ||
| Age | 407 | ||
| Disability | 409 | ||
| Gender re-assignment | 413 | ||
| Marriage and civil partnership | 414 | ||
| Pregnancy and maternity | 415 | ||
| Race | 416 | ||
| Religion or belief | 420 | ||
| Sex | 424 | ||
| Sexual orientation | 432 | ||
| Enforcing anti-discrimination legislation | 435 | ||
| The promotion of equality | 435 | ||
| The Equality and Human Rights Commission | 436 | ||
| Chapter summary | 438 | ||
| Quiz 16 | 439 | ||
| Take a closer look | 439 | ||
| Web activity | 439 | ||
| Assignment 15 | 440 | ||
| 18 Rights at work: protection against dismissal and redundancy | 443 | ||
| Introduction | 443 | ||
| Wrongful dismissal | 444 | ||
| Unfair dismissal | 445 | ||
| Redundancy | 453 | ||
| Transfer of undertakings | 456 | ||
| Claiming at the employment tribunal | 459 | ||
| Chapter summary | 462 | ||
| Quiz 17 | 463 | ||
| Take a closer look | 463 | ||
| Web activity | 463 | ||
| Assignment 16 | 463 | ||
| Part 5: Introduction to company law | 465 | ||
| 19 Business organisation | 467 | ||
| Introduction | 467 | ||
| Legal personality, incorporation and limited liability | 468 | ||
| The sole trader | 469 | ||
| The partnership | 470 | ||
| The registered company | 474 | ||
| The impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) on business organisations | 483 | ||
| Conclusion | 485 | ||
| Chapter summary | 486 | ||
| Quiz 18 | 486 | ||
| Take a closer look | 487 | ||
| Web activity | 487 | ||
| Assignment 17 | 487 | ||
| 20 Forming a registered company | 489 | ||
| Introduction | 489 | ||
| Promoting the company | 490 | ||
| Forming the company | 491 | ||
| Buying a company ‘off the shelf’ | 499 | ||
| Dissolution of the company | 499 | ||
| Chapter summary | 501 | ||
| Quiz 19 | 502 | ||
| Take a closer look | 502 | ||
| Web activity | 502 | ||
| Assignment 18 | 502 | ||
| 21 Running the company: raising and maintaining capital | 505 | ||
| Introduction | 505 | ||
| Share capital | 506 | ||
| Loan capital | 511 | ||
| Chapter summary | 515 | ||
| Quiz 20 | 516 | ||
| Web activity | 516 | ||
| Assignment 19 | 516 | ||
| 22 Daily management of the company: functions of directors, secretary and auditors | 519 | ||
| Introduction | 519 | ||
| The directors | 520 | ||
| The company secretary | 532 | ||
| The auditors of the company | 535 | ||
| Insider dealing | 536 | ||
| Chapter summary | 539 | ||
| Quiz 21 | 540 | ||
| Take a closer look | 540 | ||
| Web activity | 541 | ||
| Assignment 20 | 541 | ||
| 23 Company meetings and shareholder participation | 543 | ||
| Introduction | 543 | ||
| General meetings | 544 | ||
| Protecting the rights of minority shareholders | 549 | ||
| Chapter summary | 554 | ||
| Quiz 22 | 555 | ||
| Web activity | 555 | ||
| Assignment 21 | 555 | ||
| Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law | 557 | ||
| 24 Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents and trade marks | 559 | ||
| Introduction | 559 | ||
| Statutory regulation of intellectual property | 560 | ||
| The impact of EC law and international treaties on intellectual property rights | 576 | ||
| Chapter summary | 578 | ||
| Quiz 23 | 578 | ||
| Take a closer look | 579 | ||
| Web activity | 579 | ||
| Assignment 22 | 579 | ||
| 25 Common law protection of intellectual property: passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence | 581 | ||
| Introduction | 581 | ||
| Passing off | 582 | ||
| Malicious falsehood | 586 | ||
| Breach of confidence and protection of privacy | 588 | ||
| Remedies for passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence | 595 | ||
| Chapter summary | 596 | ||
| Quiz 24 | 597 | ||
| Take a closer look | 597 | ||
| Web activity | 597 | ||
| Assignment 23 | 597 | ||
| Appendix 1: Additional resources | 598 | ||
| Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and quiz solutions | 602 | ||
| Index | 617 | ||
| A | 617 | ||
| B | 618 | ||
| C | 619 | ||
| D | 622 | ||
| E | 624 | ||
| F | 626 | ||
| G | 626 | ||
| H | 627 | ||
| I | 627 | ||
| J | 628 | ||
| K | 629 | ||
| L | 629 | ||
| M | 629 | ||
| N | 630 | ||
| O | 631 | ||
| P | 631 | ||
| Q | 633 | ||
| R | 634 | ||
| S | 635 | ||
| T | 636 | ||
| U | 637 | ||
| V | 638 | ||
| W | 638 | ||
| Y | 638 | ||
| Z | 638 | ||
| Back Cover | Back Cover |