Savage and Bradgate: Business Law made a big impression upon its first appearance six years ago, with its comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of those principles of common law and statute law which regulate business activity in the United Kingdom. This new edition carries on the good work in its critical analysis of the purpose and functioning of the rules and legislation involved, placing emphasis on the rationale of the law and on the economic and political context within which it operates - all delivered in an uncluttered, straightforward style.

Part I. Business regulation, the state and the legal process 1. Business regulation 2. The state, the law and the legal system Part II. The law of torts 3. The law of torts 4. Trespass 5. Defamation 6. Economic torts 7. Negligence 8. Defences and remedies 9. Special forms of liability in negligence 10. Nuisance 11. The effectiveness of the tort system - some alternatives Part III. Contract 12. Agreement 13. Consideration and intention 14. Statements made in a contractual setting 15. Factors affecting the validity of contracts 16. Contracts and public policy 17. Discharge, breach and remedies 18. Exclusion of liability 19. Privity of contract Part IV. The classification and regulation of business transactions - goods and services 20. The classification of transactions 21. Statutory implied terms in contracts for the sale and supply of goods 22. Passing of property and risk in contracts of sale 23. Who can pass title in contracts of sale? 24. Delivery and payment in contracts of sale 25. Contracts involving services Part V. Financing the supply of goods and services 26. The development and regulation of credit 27. Regulated agreements 28. Control of credit agreements Part VI. Business relations 29. Agency 30. The business and the workforce Part VII. The legal framework of business organisations 31. Types of business organisation 32. Partnership 33. Corporate status 34. Corporate capital 35. Distribution of corporate power and authority in law and realty 36. Corporate insolvency and winding up 37. Takeovers and mergers 38. Dealings in securities and financial services Index

Nigel Savage , Professor and Head of Nottingham Law School; Managing Director, Nottingham Law School Ltd., Robert Bradgate , Senior Lecturer, Unit for Commercial Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Sheffield