Subjects:

Commercial Law

Contents:

Preface

Table of Cases

Table of Statutes

Law Report Abbreviations

PART 1 - THE ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM

1 The meaning of law and its origins

2 Dispute resolution and legal services in England and Wales

3 European courts and human rights

4 The law making process I: UK legislation and its interpretation

5 The law making process II: Case law and the legislative organs of the European Union

PART 2 - THE LAW OF CONTRACT

6 Law of contract: making the contract

7 Law of contract: making the contract

8 Law of contract: making the contract

9 Law of contract: reality of consent

10 Law of contract: reality of consent

11 Law of contract: contractual terms

12 Law of contract: contracts in restraint of trade and restrictive practices

13 Law of contract: discharge of contract

14 Law of contract: remedies and limitation of actions

PART 3 - THE SALE OF GOODS15

The sale of goods I: making the contract

16 The sale of goods II: product liability and transfer of title

17 The sale of goods III: performance of the contract and remedies

18 Contracts for the supply of goods and services

19 Supply of goods on credit

PART 4 - EMPLOYMENT LAW

20 Employment I: the contract of employment

21 Employment II: discrimination

22 Employment III: termination of the contract

PART 5 - COMPANY LAW IN THE STUDY OF BUSINESS

23 Company law I: setting up the company

24 Company law II: share capital, dividends and transfer

25 Company law III: loan capital, directors and insolvency the partnership comparison

PART 6 - AGENCY AND NEGLIGENCE

26 Agency in companies and partnerships - the common law

27 Negligence - generally and the business application

Appendices: Appendix I Company law reform: the Government White Paper Modernising Company Law

Appendix II - Answers to questions set in objective mode

Index

Smith and Keenan's Law for Business is an established and respected textbook. It is especially suitable for undergraduate non-law students who have a business law component in their degree. It also satisfies the business law requirements for a number of professional bodies including the Association of Charted Certified Accountants, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chartered Insurance Institute, and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

The book has been updated to include new statutory and case law developments, in particular the impact of new laws in the sphere of employment law, discrimination, and company law. Key features of this edition include:-

• new material on negligence including Occupier's Liability, Nuisance, and Rylands v Fletcher liability as it relates to business cases;
• analysis of the Companies (Audit, Investigators and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 which strengthens the powers of auditors post-Enron, gives new duties to directors, and creates a new form of company (i.e. the Community Interest Company);
• discussion of the Consumer Credit Act 2006; consideration of the Company Law Reform Bill
• examination of the Employment Relations Act 2004.