Business law . /
Keith Abbott, Norman Pendlebury and Kevin Wardman.
- 8th ed.
- Hampshire : Cengage Learning, 2007.
- xx, 698p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes appendix and index.
Methods of learning -- Examination technique -- Part I: The English legal system -- Introduction -- The Main sources of English Law -- The subsidiary sources of Law -- English legal history -- The Courts -- Tribunals and arbitration -- The Personnel of the law -- Procedure and evidence -- The Law of persons -- Property law -- Part II -- The Law of Contract -- The Formation of a contract -- Capacity to contract -- Form of contracts -- The Contents of contracts -- Vitiating factors -- Discharge of contracts -- Remedies for breach of contracts -- Privity of contracts -- Part III -- The Law of Tort -- The Natre of a Tort -- General Defenses -- Capacity -- Negligence -- Strict liability -- Trespass and Conversion -- Defamation - Remedies and limitation Periods -- Part IV -- Commercial Law -- Agency -- Sale of Goods -- Competition policy -- Consumer credit -- Insurance -- Patents, copyright, trade Marks and passing off -- The Data Protection Act 1998 -- Regulatory bodies -- Part V: Non-corporate bodies -Corporate bodies - The Company -- The Memorandum and Articles of Association -- Share capital -- Loan capital -- Membership and minority protection -- Directors and secretary -- Auditors and investigations -- Meetings resolutions and publicity -- Re-contractions ,mergers and takeovers - Liquidation, -- Administration and receivership -- Part VI:Employment law -- Employees and independent contractors -- The Contract of employment -- The Common Law duties of an employee -- Duties of an employer -- Wages -- Maternity rights -- Discrimination -- Termination of contracts of employment -- Redundancy -- Social Security -- Industrial inquiries: Employers liability -- Health and safety at work -- Institutions and tribunals -- Trade Unions .