Business Law - Softcover

Keenan, Denis; Riches, Ms Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273631500 ISBN 13: 9780273631507

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 1998

Synopsis

This book is aimed at students and lecturers on a wide range of introductory business law courses. It provides an easy to understand but comprehensive approach, well illustrated by cases, diagrams, specimen documents and questions. The text has been streamlined and modernised in the light of extensive user research, in order to provide an even better teaching resource. The text focuses on introductory aspects of English law and the English legal system; the law relating to business organisations; legal aspects of business transactions; and the law relating to employment.

About this title

Review:

'This book is eminently suitable...for any business law course.'
The Law Teacher (Journal of the Association of Law Teachers)

From the Back Cover:

"This book is eminently suitable for business law courses’

Review of previous edition

–The Law Teacher, 2006

The new edition of this popular text continues to provide comprehensive coverage of the law for non-law students in a clear and straightforward manner. Highly regarded, Business Law has been fully updated and is well illustrated with cases and diagrams throughout.

The text is divided into four distinct parts. Part One introduces the student to the nature of the law and the English legal system. Part Two examines the different types of business organisations and Part Three explores contract law, tort law, consumer law and criminal liability as they relate to business. The final part, Business Resources, introduces the reader to business property and employment law.

A user-friendly colour text design aids navigation throughout the text. 

Features include:

· Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter highlight the key points that a student is expected to understand after studying each particular topic

· Case summaries have been carefully selected to illustrate the principle under discussion and are clearly distinguished from the main body of the text. Case commentary puts the decision in context and encourages further reflection.

· Bulleted and numbered points stress the main issues throughout ·

End of chapter self-test questions encourage students to test their understanding after reading and to reflect on what you have learnt. Selected answers will be available on the Companion Website

· Specimen examination questions allow students to prepare effectively for their exams

· Companion website, at www.mylawchamber.co.uk/keenanriches, includes regular legal updates and selected answers to the self-test questions in the book

· A Tutor's Manual provides photocopiable masters of diagrams in the textbook and other useful aids.

New edition:

* Coverage of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, Consumer Credit Act 2006, the Fraud Act 2006, the Employment Relations Act 2004, the Equality Act 2006, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Work and Families Act 2006

* Increased coverage of EU law

* Recent progress in tort law

* Case and legislative law developments, particularly in the area of employment including age discrimination and the new transfer of employees regulations 2006 (TUPE).

* Recent case decisions including George Wimpey UK Ltd. v VI Construction Ltd (2005),  Badger v Ministry of Defence (2005) and Haward v Fawcetts (a firm) (2006).

* Coverage of the Companies Act 2006 as it relates to business

 

AUTHORS

Denis Keenan is a Barrister, an experienced teacher and former Head of Department of Business Studies and Law. In addition to being author of a range of market-leading textbooks, he is also legal correspondent for Accountancy magazine and Editor of Accountants' Legal Service by Tottel Publishing.

Sarah Riches is based at University of Bolton and has many years’ teaching experience.

About this edition

• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0273631500
• ISBN 13: 9780273631507
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 512