Keenan and Riches’BUSINESS LAW

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First published in Great Britain under the Pitman Publishing imprint in 1987

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Fourth edition published 1995

Fifth edition published 1998

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Seventh edition published 2005

Eighth edition published 2007

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ISBN: 978-1-4058-9964-

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Riches, Sarah.

Keenan and Riches’ business law. – 9th ed. / Sarah Riches and Vida Allen.

p. cm.

Rev. ed. of: Business law / Denis Keenan, Sarah Riches. 7th ed. 2005.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-1-4058-9964-2 (pbk.)

1. Business law–England. 2. Business law–Wales. I. Allen, Vida. II. Keenan, Denis J.
   Business law. III. Title. IV. Title: Business law.
   KD1629.K44 2009
   346.4207–dc
   2009000630
   10987654321
   13 12 11 10 09
   Typeset in 9.5/12pt Minion by 35
   Printed by Ashford Colour Press Ltd., Gosport
   The publisher’s policy is to use paper manufactured from sustainable forests.

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