Overview
Commercial relationships are governed by an increasingly complex body of law. This fifth edition of Business and the Law offers business law students a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the Australian legal system and all major areas of substantive law relevant to contemporary commercial activities. Thoroughly revised to take into account important legislative and common law developments, Business and the Law continues to incorporate theoretically strong content with an accessible approach.
Full Product Details
Author: Andrew Terry (University of New South Wales) ,
Des Giugni (University of New South Wales)
Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
Imprint: Cengage Australia
Edition: 5th edition
Dimensions:
Width: 21.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 27.50cm
Weight: 1.780kg
ISBN: 9780170178181
ISBN 10: 0170178188
Pages: 944
Publication Date: 28 January 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active
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PART 1: THE AUSTRALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM 1. The nature and role of law and legal systems 2. The Australian legal system 3. The Australian Constitution 4. The courts and case law 5. The Parliament and statute law 6. The executive and law-making by administrative agencies 7. Litigation, the legal process and alternative dispute resolution 8. Legal method, research and reasoning PART 2: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS LAW 9. Crimes: concepts of control 10. Torts: concepts of liability 11. Property and securities: concepts of ownership 12. Contracts: concepts of agreement PART 3: BUSINESS ORGANISATION 13. Alternative business structures 14. The modern corporation 15. Partnership 16. Agency 17. Licensing 18. Franchising 19. Business failure PART 4: BUSINESS, CONSUMERS AND FAIR TRADING 20. Consumer protection and fair trading 21. Misleading and unconscionable conduct 22. Advertising and sales promotion 23. Supply of goods and services PART 5: BUSINESS AND COMPETITIVE TRADING 24. Competition and regulation 25. Restrictive trade practices 26. Intellectual Property PART 6: BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS AND OPERATIONS 27. Negotiable instruments 28. Consumer credit 29. Guarantees 30. Insurance 31. Privacy 32. e-business 33. International business 34. Employment and industrial law 35. Discrimination 36. Taxation PART 7: BUSINESS AND THE LAW 37. Business, society and the law
Author Information
Professor Andrew Terry, LLM (Cant. NZ), Barrister and Solicitor (NZ), Solicitor (NSW), is Head of the School of Business Law and Taxation in the Australian School of Business at the University of New South Wales and is Special Counsel to Deacons Lawyers. He is a past director of the Franchise Council of Australia, of which he is an Honorary Member, and is an inductee into the Australian Franchising Hall of Fame. Des Giugni LLM(hons)(syd),MscSoc(UNSW), is a Solicitor and former Senior Lecturer in the School of Business Law and Taxation at the University of New South Wales.
