Smith & Keenan's Law for Business, 13th edition

Published by Longman (13 April 2006) © 2006

  • Denis Keenan
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Smith and Keenan’s Law for Business is an established and respected textbook.  It is 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 such as the Association of Charted Certified Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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.

 

Table of 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 I

7 Law of contract: making the contract II

8 Law of contract: making the contract III

9 Law of contract: reality of consent I

10 Law of contract: reality of consent II

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 GOODS

15 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

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