[Please note - this ISBN now substitutes to ISBN 9781442587908, which is the 6th edition + 2011 update]The new edition of Australian Business Law: Compliance and Practice builds on the strengths of previous editions - providing a practical, self-paced text ideal for the classroom or student self-study. Key principles of Commercial, Contract, Consumer, Finance, Property and Workplace Law are explained clearly and concisely for students.
Australian Business Law: Compliance and Practice (6th Edition) has been
written for the relevant legal competencies within Financial Services, Real Estate, Marketing, Hospitality and Legal Studies courses.
Using clear and concise language, this fully revised and updated edition enables students to understand complex aspects of business law and shows how this theory complies with real life.
Students can assess understanding and consolidate skills using learning aids that include Key Legal Terms, Case Examples, Law in Action sections, Margin Notes, Self-quiz questions, end-of-chapter Summaries, and Review and Guidance Questions.
New To This Edition
* Rigorously revised content - hundreds of pages updated to reflect legal changes in the modern day compliance context
* Significant revision to the Business Entities, Property Law, and Employment Law and Industrial Relations chapters
* Setting the Scene feature, at the beginning of each chapter, showing application of the law to real-life situations
* Compliance checks! within each chapter linking compliance with the relevant aspects of the law.
Features and Benefits
* End-of-chapter Summaries provide an excellent tool for student review
* Case Examples link legislation and case law show students how the law is applied
* Law-in-Action sections demonstrate to students the law at work in practical situations
* Key Legal Terms (with definitions) at the beginning of each chapter and Margin Notes throughout - help reinforce key concepts
* Self-quiz questions (with end-of-chapter solutions) allow students to review and evaluate their knowledge
* End-of-chapter Review and Guidance Questions help students assess their understanding and consolidate their skills.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Legal Foundations
1: The Legal System: Legal Foundations, the Constitution, and Statute Law
2: The Legal System: The Courts, Case Law and Dispute Resolution
Part 2: Tort Law
3: Civil Liability: Torts of Negligence
4: Civil Liability: Intentional Torts and Defamation
Part 3: Business Entities
5: Business Entities
6: Agency Law
7: Partnerships and Joint Ventures
Part 4: Contract Law
8: Introduction to Contracts
9: Intention to Create Legal Relations
10: Agreement
11: Consideration
12: Capacity
13: Genuine Consent
14: Legality
15: Terms of a Contract
16: Transfer and Termination
17: Remedies for Breach of Contract
Part 5: Real Estate Law
18: Property Law: Real Property and Mortgages
19: Leases and Transfer of Real Property
Part 6: Finance Law
20: Negotiable Instruments and Electronic Funds Transfer
21 Credit Law and the Financial Transactions Reports Act
22: Bankruptcy and debt recovery
Part 7: Consumer Protection and Competition Law
23. Sale of Goods
24. Consumer Protection
25: Restrictive Trade Practices
Part 8: Marketing, E-Commerce and Privacy Law
26. Privacy and E-commerce Law
27: Marketing Law and Ethics
Part 9: Intellectual Property
28. Intellectual property, Copyright, Designs, Patents, Trademarks, and other types of Protection
Part 10: Insurance Law
29. Insurance law
Part 11: Workplace Environment Law
30: Employment Law and Industrial Relations
31. Occupational Health and Safety
Glossary
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index
