Commercial Law, 3rd Edition

Author: Robert Bradgate
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780406916037
Published In: July 2005
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Accompanied by frequently updated companion web site to provide the latest developments in law and to guide students to other relevant sites
Featuring extensive cross-referencing to assist students in securing a full and accurate knowledge of the subject
Commercial Law offers the student comprehensive coverage of the general principles and key topics of commercial law including the law of agency, sale of goods, commercial and consumer credit and security, banking, international trade, insurance and commercial dispute resolution. With a critical and contextual approach, the text places strong emphasis on an understanding of how contracts are used in a business environment, demonstrating how different contracts interlock within a single commercial activity. It addresses too, some of the novel legal problems created by modern commercial practice.

Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students of commercial law who require a readable and clearly structured exposition of the law.

PART I - THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK
1: The Nature and Sources of Commercial Law
2: Principles of Contract Law
PART II - ARRANGING THE TRANSACTION: THE LAW OF AGENCY
3: Agency
4: The Authority of the Agent
5: Relations with Third Parties
6: Principal and Agent
PART III - THE SALE AND SUPPLY OF GOODS
7: Background to the Sale of Goods Act
8: The Contract of Sale and the Classification of Transactions
9: Duties of the Parties
10: Delivery
11: The Condition of the Goods and Statutory Implied Terms
12: The Buyer's Remedies
13: Manufacturers and Product Liability
14: The Duty to Pass a Good Title
15: The Passing of Property
16: Risk, Mistake and Frustration
17: The Conflicts of Sale Transactions
18: Buyer's Duties and Seller's Remedies
19: Contracts for the Supply of Services
PART IV - FINANCING THE TRANSACTION
20: Financing the Transaction
21: Credit and Security
22: Real Security
23: Personal Security
24: The Regulation of Credit
25: Regulated Agreements
26: Control of Credit Agreements
27: Money and the Transfer of Obligations
28: Bills of Exchange
29: Banks and Their Customers
30: Bank Payment Orders
PART V - INTERNATIONAL TRADE
31: The Nature and Structure of International Trade
32: Bills of Lading and Contracts of Carriage
33: International Sale Contracts
34: Financing International Trade
PART VI - PROTECTING THE TRANSACTION
35: Insurance
36: Resolution of Commercial Disputes
Index

Robert Bradgate, Reader in Commercial Law, University of Sheffield

Review(s) from previous edition

""The book deals impressively with the important international and European influences on the development of English commercial law and manages to combine a critical, practical and contextual approach to commercial law, comprehensively covering all the main areas and taking account of some of the unusual legal problems that arise out of modern commercial practices." Eric Baskind, Liverpool John Moores University - Student Law Review 2001. Volume 34.