Ewan MacIntyre

Business Law

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

MacIntyre's Business Law is the foremost text for non-law students seeking an understanding of the legal principles that apply to business. Each chapter begins with a clear outline of the topics to be covered, helping you break your learning down into manageable chunks and fully grasp all aspects of the subject. In addition, the text offers key points to guide your learning and tasks to help you apply what you have learned to business situations. Each chapter ends with a series of multiple-choice questions and a selection of in-depth problem questions. A Lecturer's Guide, made available to lecturers who adopt the book, provides suggested answers to all of the multiple-choice and problem questions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson Education Limited
• 9 ed
• Seitenzahl: 808
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 191mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1310g
• ISBN-13: 9781292219950
• ISBN-10: 1292219955
• Artikelnr.: 51285146

Autorenporträt

Ewan MacIntyre recently retired after more than 25 years as a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Law School. He is also the author of the concise Essentials of Business Law, published by Pearson.

Inhaltsangabe

Study skills
Chapter 1. The legal system
Chapter 2. The courts and legal personnel
Chapter 3. Formation of contracts - offer and acceptance
Chapter 4. Other requirements of a contract - intention to create legal
relations - consideration - formalities - capacity
Chapter 5. Contractual terms
Chapter 6. Misrepresentation - mistake - duress and undue influence -
illegality
Chapter 7. Discharge of liability - remedies for breach of contract
Chapter 8. Terms implied by statute
Chapter 9. Sale of goods - the passing of ownership
Chapter 10. Sale of goods - duties of the parties - remedies -
international sales
Chapter 11. Agency
Chapter 12. The law of torts 1
Chapter 13. The law of torts 2
Chapter 14. Credit transactions
Chapter 15. Partnership
Chapter 16. The nature of a company and the formation of a company
Chapter 17. The management of a company
Chapter 18. Shareholders - resolutions - maintenance of capital - minority
protection - debentures
Chapter 19. Winding up of companies - limited liability partnerships -
benefits of trading as a company, partnership or limited liability
partnership
Chapter 20. Employment 1 - duties of employer and employee - dismissal -
redundancy
Chapter 21. Employment 2 - discrimination - health and safety - rights of
employees
Chapter 22. Regulation of business by the imposition of criminal liability
Chapter 23. Business property
Appendix: Answers to Test your understanding questions