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This book aims to demonstrate that legal complaints form the background for making business decisions and in the text legal principles are grouped according to their relevance to business.
List of contents
Part 1 The legal background: classification of law; where does law come from?; how and why does law change?; how and by whom is it enforced?; how is the law useful to business?; what does the law cost?. Part 2 The changing legal environment: the role of government and the increasing scope of legislation; impact of the common law - constraints of the law of contract; impact of the common law - constraints of the law of tort. Part 3 The organizational context of business: types of business organization; setting up a business enterprise; deciding which form of enterprise to operate; terminating the enterprise. Part 4 Innovation and research: environmental aspects; strategic aspects; organizational aspects. Part 5 The production process - health, safety and liability: the production process; the end product. Part 6 Marketing, selling and advertising: attracting business/advertising; the sale; service and supply contracts; the role of public bodies; credit. Part 7 The personnel function: recruitment and selection; employee references; contracts of employment; termination of employment; the data protection act and personnel records; trade unions and industrial relations; union membership agreements (closed shops); trade unions and individual rights. Part 8 The finance function: share capital or contributed capital; loan (or debt) capital; wrongful trading; insurance and the business enterprise. Appendix: case summaries.
