Guided tour
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Preface
Table of cases
Table of statutes
Table of statutory instruments
Table of European and International legislation
Part 1: Introduction: Getting started
1 Study Skills
2 The nature of law
3 How the law is made
4 Resolving legal disputes
Part 2: Law of contract, agency and sale of goods
5 The law of contract: offer and acceptance
6 The law of contract: consideration, intention and privity
7 The terms of the contract
8 Defects in the contract: misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influence
9 More defects: illegality and incapacity
10 Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach
11 The law of agency
12 Sale of goods: the contract and its terms
13 Sale of goods: transfer of ownership, performance and remedies for breach of contract
Part 3: The law of tort
14 Tort liability for defective goods
15 Tort liability for defective services
16 Tort liability for premises
Part 4: Elements of employment law
17 Rights at work: the contract of employment and health and safety at work
18 Rights at work: protection against discrimination
19 Rights at work: protection against dismissal and redundancy
Part 5: Introduction to company law
20 Business organisation
21 Forming a registered company
22 Running the company: raising and maintaining capital
23 Daily management of the company: functions of directors, secretary and auditors
24 Company meetings and shareholder participation
Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law
25 Statutory intellectual property protection: copyright, designs, patents and trade marks
26 Common law protection of intellectual property: passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence
Appendix 1: Additional resources
Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and quiz solutions
Index
