Designed specifically for students, Blackstone's Statutes lead the market in providing a carefully selected, regularly updated, and well sourced collection of legislation for the core subjects and major options offered on the law syllabus. Each title is: Trusted: Ideal for exam use Practical: Find what you need instantly Reliable: Current, comprehensive coverage Online Resource Centre Updates Web links Additional legislation Timeline: Implementation of the Companies Act 2006
Designed specifically for students, Blackstone's Statutes lead the market in providing a carefully selected, regularly updated, and well sourced collection of legislation for the core subjects and major options offered on the law syllabus. Each title is: Trusted: Ideal for exam use Practical: Find what you need instantly Reliable: Current, comprehensive coverage
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Designed specifically for students, Blackstone's Statutes lead the market in providing a carefully selected, regularly updated, and well sourced collection of legislation for the core subjects and major options offered on the law syllabus. Each title is: Trusted: Ideal for exam use Practical: Find what you need instantly Reliable: Current, comprehensive coverage Online Resource Centre Updates Web links Additional legislation Key media law cases Key issues in media law
Designed specifically for students, Blackstone's Statutes lead the market in providing a carefully selected, regularly updated, and well sourced collection of legislation for the core subjects and major options offered on the law syllabus. Each title is: Trusted: Ideal for exam use Practical: Find what you need instantly Reliable: Current, comprehensive coverage Online Resource Centre Updates Web links
The second edition of Business Communication has been updated with one two new chapters, new sections, new figures and photographs, and appendices. The text material has been restructured to focus on the changes since the last edition. It is now divided into four parts and has 21 chapters.
Beginning with an introduction to the principles of business communication, the book discusses the written aspect of business communication. The third part concentrates on developing oral skills for business and finally the fourth part analyses specific communication needs.
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Business Law has been written to meet the requirements of the Legal Practice Course, and provides all of the relevant material students need to understand the latest legal developments affecting business law transactions. The guide provides practical, up-to-date coverage of company, partnership, taxation, and insolvency law, plus all relevant aspects of EU law. Coverage of the Companies Act 2006 has been more fully integrated into the book for the 2008-2009 edition, mirroring the greater emphasis that courses are now placing on this important new legislation. In addition, a greater number of examples within the section on company law enable students to contextualise their learning effectively. Development questions are included at the end of the book to test students'
This interdisciplinary book examines comparative business systems, institutions, and practices by looking at current developments between firms, nations, and markets in an increasingly globalized world and in the context of the recent financial crises.
With faultless accuracy, this text is the most detailed and analytical account of law for those new to the subject. It provides commanding analysis of the English legal system, contract law, the law of torts, company law, and employment law, as well as covering relevant aspects of the law of agency and environmental law. Online chapters provide further discussion relating to the economic torts, corporate governance, the sale of goods, consumer credit, and the law relating to unfair and illegal commercial practices. All of this is discussed using relevant examples from the business environment, and the key legal cases to help develop a greater understanding of the interconnections between the law and corporate setting. The new learning features which have been
Jill Poole's bestselling Casebook on Contract Law provides students with a comprehensive selection of case law which addresses all aspects of the subject encountered on undergraduate courses. Extracts have been chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases to illustrate the reasoning processes of the courts and to show how legal principles are developed. The cases can be analysed and discussed independently while, taken as a whole, the chapters provide a sound understanding of the modern law of contract. Key features: * An introductory chapter provides valuable guidance on how to use a casebook to help you develop the essential skill of reading and analysing cases * Cases are accompanied by succinct author commentary designed to highlight the key
Casebook on Torts is essential reading for students new to studying tort law at undergraduate level, providing a comprehensive, portable library of the leading cases in the field. It presents an impressive range of carefully edited extracts, which clearly illustrate the essence and reasoning behind each decision made. Concise author commentary focuses the reader on the key elements within the extracts, while end-of-chapter questions encourages them to check their understanding as they progress. Statutory materials have been included where they are necessary to understand the subject. The book is an indispensable companion for tort law students. The text is supported by an Online Resource Centre which provides regular updates on developments in the law as well as web
Cases and Materials on Employment Law is a complete reference resource for students of employment law. Well established as the most regularly updated casebook on the market, it offers a wide range of case law and statutes along with plenty of non-statutory material, providing students with a thorough grounding in the subject. Insightful linking commentary, notes, and questions from the authors help to draw out the controversies and debates to provide all important context behind the law. The book contains cross referencing to Honeyball and Bowers' Textbook on Employment Law ensuring that these two titles continue to complement one another providing the perfect blend of textbook analysis and the most up-to-date cases and materials. Online Resource Centre The book is
For this sixth edition of this well-established book the carefully selected material has been the subject of a reorganisation which is on a more ambitious scale than that preferred for previous new editions over the last decade. The book's insistence on the study of the law of the European Union in its wider social and economic context has been faithfully maintained and much will remain familiar to the regular reader. But for this sixth edition the customary rigorous process of up-dating has been combined with some re-structuring of the book's chapters as part of a process designed to ensure the book reflects the depth and breadth of policy-making regulatory activity now undertaken under the deceptively simple label of EU law. The book therefore introduces the student
Cases and Materials on Employment Law is a complete reference resource for students of employment law. Well-established as the most regularly updated casebook on the market, the 9th edition continues to provide a wealth of carefully selected case law and stimulating extracts and materials to help explain employment law in a contextualised and thought-provoking manner. Insightful author notes and questions accompany each extract, providing valuable additional detail to ensure students' understanding and encourage them to engage critically with the material. The book contains cross referencing to Honeyball and Bowers' Textbook on Employment Law ensuring that these two titles continue to complement one another providing the perfect blend of textbook analysis and the most
Cheshire, Fifoot & Furmston's Law of Contract stands as one of the classic textbooks on contract law more than 50 years after the publication of the first edition. Michael Furmston combines an authoritative account of the principles of the law of contract with thought-provoking analysis and insights, and the clarity of the narrative brings understanding of complex contractual issues to a wider readership. Each topic is clearly signposted for ease of navigation, and the text contains numerous references to additional primary and secondary sources to take the reader even further into the subject. The text is invaluable to students reading courses in contract, the law of obligations, and common law and is often used as a first point of reference for practitioners. There
China's economy has been growing at ten per cent per annum for the last three decades. This book considers one of the biggest questions facing contemporary economists: why and how is the Chinese economy growing so fast?
Company Law in Context is an ideal main text for company law and corporate governance courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. In this sophisticated book, David Kershaw combines commentary and explanation (55%) with the primary case and statutory materials (45%). The book places the study of company law in its economic, business, and social context in order to make more accessible and relevant the cases, statutes, and other forms of regulation that make
up company law. One technique deployed by the book to contextualise company law is the use of a simple case study that tracks, through the different chapters of the book, the development and expansion of a business - from sole trader toCompany Law in Context is accompanied by an
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An essential overview of the comparative study of human rights law. This book will introduce students, academics, and legal practitioners to the aims and methods of approaching human rights from a comparative perspective.
This book offers a new perspective of globalization. The author moves away from the established 'For or Against' debates and shows what the globalization process looks like from Chinese, Indian, and African perspectives.
In this book leading scholars from a range of disciplines, including strategic management, economic development, economic geography and planning, assess the contribution that Michael Porter, one of the most influential figures in strategic management research, has made to these respective academic fields.
Providing the new law student with an essential introductory resource, Complete Public Law: Text, Cases, & Materials combines clear explanatory text and practical learning features with extracts from a wide range of primary and secondary materials. The book has been carefully structured with the needs of undergraduate courses in mind. Opening with consideration of basic constitutional principles (in which no previous knowledge is assumed), the authors move on to cover all other essential areas, before closing with extensive consideration of the principles and procedures of judicial review. A wealth of features such as chapter summaries, definitions of key terms, and reflective questions provide valuable support for students. The two-colour text design allows students
This book brings together the leading researchers currently investigating the impact of information and communication technology outside of the workplace.
