Business Law, 12th edition

For Australian business law students.

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Business Law is a practical, engaging text that will satisfy the requirements of most business or commercial law subjects throughout Australia. This 12th edition continues to provide students of commercial or business law with an accessible and student-friendly but authoritative and comprehensive textbook. It provides extensive coverage of business law topics and considers the legal environment in which businesses must operate. Care has been taken to ensure that the text represents current law in all states and territories.

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Key features

• Learning objectives are stated at the beginning of the chapter and noted in the text at the place where they are covered. They provide an excellent framework and revision tool.
• Key cases are listed at the beginning of relevant chapters, including links to easily find and access the full cases.
• Key terms are highlighted in the text with an accompanying pop-up definition to assist students' understanding of the material.
• In brief boxes summarise key points relevant to the particular area of law under discussion.
• Business tips identify areas of the law that people in business need to be alert to or aware of.
• Boxed cases that are broken up into parts, to make them as user-friendly as possible, have been integrated into the text. They include the key details of the case, as well as a brief commentary and case reflection to encourage students to apply critical thinking.
• In-chapter Review questions provide an opportunity for students to test their understanding of key concepts and issues as they arise in a chapter, and also serve as a quick revision.
• At the end of every chapter (or chapter section) there is material to engage, challenge and test students' understanding of the area covered in the chapter.

New to this edition

• Five chapters have been added to this edition: Insurance; Ethics and business practice; Insolvency and debt recovery; Work environment and employment relationship; and Ethics and regulations in marketing and advertising.
• Changes to legislation and cases since the last edition have been updated in the text. In particular, topic coverage of the Australian Consumer Law has been increased in Chapters 9 and 10.
• Learners can now utilise radio button links to easily find and access the full key cases referenced in the chapter, sourced from High Court of Australia.