Law for Business Students
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-292-27224-5 (ISBN)
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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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Alix Adams is a barrister with over 30 years’ experience of teaching law from GCSE to degree and postgraduate level. Stephanie Caplan is a barrister and a Senior Lecturer at Kings Business School, Kings College London and Westminster Business School, University of Westminster with extensive experience in teaching law at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and with a special interest in employment law. Graeme Lockwood is a Senior Lecturer in business law at Kings Business School, Kings College, London with a broad range of teaching experience both at undergraduate and postgraduate level and on executive business courses. He is a prominent researcher with extensive publications in employment law.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Harlow |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 188 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 1200 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Handelsrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-292-27224-4 / 1292272244 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-292-27224-5 / 9781292272245 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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