Introduction to Business Law

The leading textbook on this subject, Introduction to Business Law is an ideal companion to law modules for business, management, and finance and accounting students. Its visual and practical approach will enable students to engage with the legal essentials required for success in study and a business career.

List of contents

• 1 The English Legal System


• 1: The nature of English law


• 2: The court system and alternative dispute resolution


• 3: Sources of English law


• 2 Contract Law


• 4: The nature of agreement: offer and acceptance


• 5: Intention, capacity, consideration, and privity


• 6: The terms of a contract


• 7: Vitiating factors


• 8: Discharge of contract and contractual remedies


• 9: The sales of goods and supply of services


• 3 The Law of Agency


• 10: The law of agency


• 4 Tort Law


• 11: The tort of negligence


• 12: Product liability, defective premises, interference with land and defences


• 5 Employment Law


• 13: The contract of employment and its termination


• 14: Discrimination and health and safety


• 6 The Structure and Management of Business


• 15: Business organizations


• 16: Company law I: formation and finance


• 17: Company law II: company officers and liabilities


• 18: Company law III: company meetings, shareholder protection, and liquidation of companies


• 7 Intellectual Property Law


• 19: Intellectual property law


• 8 Study Skills and Revision


• 20: Study skills

Summary

The leading textbook on this subject, Introduction to Business Law is an ideal companion to law modules for business, management, and finance and accounting students. Its visual and practical approach will enable students to engage with the legal essentials required for success in study and a business career.

Product details

• Authors: Jones , Lucy Jones, Lucy (Honorary Fellow Jones, Ms Lucy (Honorary Fellow Jones
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2025
• EAN: 9780198868736
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886873-6
• No. of pages: 624
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Business & Economics / General, Business and Management, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Corporate, Business & management, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Company, commercial & competition law, Company, commercial and competition law: general, Law As It Applies To Other Professions, Law as it applies to other professions and disciplines