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Preface xiv

Guided tour xvi

Table of cases xviii

Table of statutes xxvi

Table of statutory instruments xxxi

Table of European legislation xxxiii

Study skills 1

1 The legal system 7

2 Making a contract 37

Discharge by performance of the contract

duress and illegality 4 Misrepresentation, mistake,

remedies for breach 5 Discharge of contracts and

6 Agency 160

7 The Sale of Goods Act 1979 182

8 The tort of negligence 223

9 Nuisance, trespass, defamation and vicarious liability 247

10 Companies (1): Characteristics and formation 272

control and winding up 11 Companies (2): Management,

partnership? Choice of legal status Company, partnership or limited liability

13 Employment (1): The contract of employment, employment rights

and dismissal 357

14 Employment (2): Discrimination and health and safety 380

15 Regulation of business by the criminal law 401

16 Credit transactions and intellectual property rights 419

17 The resolution of business disputes 438

Glossary 452

Index 465

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