Law for business students / created by Alix Adams.

Includes bibliography and index

Study skills -- The nature of law -- How the law is made -- Resolving legal disputes -- The law of contract: offer and acceptance -- The law of contract: consideration, intention and privity -- The terms of the contract at common law -- Statutory terms in contracts for sale of goods and services -- Defects in the contract : misrepresentation, mistake, duress, and undue influence -- More defects : illegality and incapacity -- Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach -- The law of agency -- Tort liability for defective goods -- Tort liability for defective services -- Tort liability for premises -- Rights at work : the contract of employment and health and safety at work -- Rights at work : protection against discrimination -- Rights at work : protection against dismissal and redundancy --Business organisation -- Forming a registered company -- Running the company : raising and maintaining capital -- Daily management of the company : functions of directors, secretary, and auditors -- Company meetings and shareholder participation -- General principles of intellectual property law -- Statutory intellectual property protection : copyright, designs, patents, and trademarks -- Common law protection of intellectual property : passing off, malicious falsehood, and breach of confidence.