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Business Law 2007-2008
By
J. Scott Slorach and Jason G. Ellis
Description
* Detailed and clear coverage of
all of the required topics enables students to gain a deep
understanding of the issues covered, ensuring that they are able to
prepare themselves fully for practice
* Using examples, the text
highlights ways in which the law applies in practice, giving students
a realistic impression of how business law transactions operate in
reality
* Development questions at the end
of the book allow students to test their own understanding of the
issues covered, enabling them to identify for themselves areas on
which they need to work further
* The Online Resource Centre
featuring freely accessible student learning activities provides
scenario based questions which enable students to understand better
how the law might apply in given situations. Feedback can be printed
out and provides students with useful support throughout the course
and at revision time
* Extensive statutory references
ensure that students are able to cross-refer to appropriate primary
sources, encouraging wider reading and a thorough understanding of
the legislative framework surrounding the topics covered
New to this edition
* Thorough coverage of the
Companies Act 2006 is integrated into the text where relevant,
ensuring that students can rely on the book for the latest
information on this new legislation
* A new text design highlights to
the reader areas where the text discusses provisions of the new Act
which do not come into force until 2008. This ensures that students
are not confused over what is, or isn\\\\\\\'t, in force. Throughout these
sections, the authors have highlighted the anticipated effects of
these reforms
* Four new student learning
activities offer students support on various aspects of the new
Companies Act 2006 and how the legislative regime will change as a
result of the new legislation
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. This 2007-2008
edition includes detailed information on the Companies Act 2006;
discussion of the parts of this legislation which are not in force
until 2008 are clearly marked for the student. Fuller coverage of
partnership offers students a more in-depth exposition of this topic.
Development questions are included at
the end of the book to test students\\\\\\\' awareness of issues raised.
Extensive and updated statutory references allow students to
cross-refer to appropriate primary sources, or use the guide to
interpret such sources.
Online Resource Centre
This edition is accompanied by an
Online Resource Centre providing student learning activities written
by the authors. These scenario based multiple choice questions are
freely accessible and encourage students to assess their own
knowledge and understanding. They cover the topics students often
find more difficult, including partnership agreements, insolvency,
company law, taxation, and EC law. New questions dealing with several
aspects of the new Companies Act 2006 have also been added for the
2007-2008 edition. The questions and feedback link directly to the
material within the text and can be printed out to allow students to
build up a permanent record of business law problems and solutions.
Updates on the progress of the Companies Act 2006 will also be posted
on the Online Resource Centre when appropriate to ensure that
students remain fully informed.
Readership: Students studying
business law on the Legal Practice Course; newly qualified
practitioners
Contents
1: Partnerships
1. Characteristics of partnerships
2. Partnership management and finance
3. Liability of partners to outsiders
4. Partnership disputes
5. Termination of and retirement from a
partnership
2: Companies
6. Limited companies
7. Formation of a limited companies
8. Directors and secretary
9. Shareholders
10. Company finance
11. Disposal of shares
12. Company meetings and resolutions
3: Taxation
13. The taxation of the income profits
and losses of sole traders and partnerships
14. Capital gains tax and inheritance
tax on business assets
15. The corporation tax system
16. Taxation of directors\\\\\\\' fees and
employees\\\\\\\' salaries
17. Taxation of distributions and
debenture interest
18. Capital allowances
19. The tax consequences of leaving a
partnership
20. Value Added Tax
4: The European Community
21. The right of establishment, the
right to provide services and free movement of goods
22. Treaty of Rome, Articles 81 and 82
5: Insolvency
23. Bankruptcy
24. Company insolvency proceedings
25. Liabilities arising from insolvency
6: Special topics
26. The partnership agreement
27. The articles of a private company
28. A debenture document
29. Shareholders\\\\\\\' agreements
30. Company searches and company
accounts
31. Sale of a business to a company
32. Choice of business medium
33. Public companies
34. Business contracts - agency or
distribution agreements
35. Limited liability partnerships
36. Developmental questions
Authors, editors, and contributors
J. Scott Slorach, Director of
Legal Practice Course, College of Law and Visiting Professor,
Strathclyde University and
Jason G. Ellis, Director of
Course Design, College of Law
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