Business Law, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (February 7, 2018) © 2018
Ewan MacIntyre

Title overview

Offer your students full coverage of the legal principles that apply to business from theory to practice.

Business Law, 9 th edition allows your students to gain a deeper understanding of the theory and practical applications of the subject.

Written in a language that is easy to understand, this edition provides an up-to-date treatment of the law, with significant updates to reflect changes in the legislation - especially EU law.

A plethora of features, questions, and activities will help your students cement the knowledge and guidance you provide them.

A Lecturer s Guide, made available to lecturers who adopt the book, provides suggested answers to all multiple-choice and problem questions.

Hallmark features of this title

An accessible, well-structured guide that supports your students' understanding of the topics.

  • A comprehensive treatment of the issues presented that is both interesting and easy to understand.
  • Frequent cross-references in each chapter demonstrate the link between various concepts.
  • 'Test your understanding' questions are designed to help your students retain focus on the issues the text deals with.

A practical understanding of the law across the different subject areas.

  • The book covers more than the traditional law subjects, such as the English Legal System, Employment, and Intellectual Property sections, among others.
  • The multiple-choice and summary questions at the end of each chapter allow your students to apply the law to problem situations.

New and updated features of this title

Content is thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent developments in case law.

  • The text reflects the changes made in recent cases and legislation - above all, by the EU law.
  • The content demonstrates a general update of the law and includes new cases, as presented in the Preface of this edition by order of appearance.
  • New cases provide examples from a wide range of law subjects and different sectors of the business environment.

Key features

Features of Pearson eBook for the 9th Edition

A comprehensive and accessible guide that offers full coverage of the theory and practical applications in Business Law.

Business Law will support your teaching as you encourage your students to gain a deeper understanding of the legal principles that apply to business. Also suitable for non-students and professionals.

Improve your students' learning experience with a range of digital tools.

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Table of contents

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

Author bios

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.

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