Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The foundations of social law: The nature and sources of commercial law -- Basic concept of personal property -- Some aspects of commercial law -- Commercial contracts -- Agency in commercial transactions -- Domestic sales: A brief history of sales law -- The contract of sale: Its nature and function -- The passing of the property -- Risk and frustration -- Delivery -- The statutory implied terms in favour of the buyer -- Rejection and it consequences -- Acceptance -- The buyer's remedies for misrepresentation or breach by the seller -- Duties of the buyer and remedies of the seller for misrepresentation or breach -- Title conflicts between seller or third parties -- Money, payment and payment systems: Concepts of money and payment -- Instruments generally -- Bills of exchange -- Cheques and the duties of bankers in relation thereto -- Other instruments -- Secured financing: The classification and characteristics of credit and security -- The creation, enforcement and transfer of security rights -- Principles of perfection and priorities -- The floating charge -- Specific forms of secured business finance: General financing considerations -- Conditional sale and hire-purchase -- The finance lease -- Financing against stock and receivables -- Guarantees -- Corporate insolvency: Principles of corporate insolvency law -- International trade and finance: The characteristics and organization of international sales transactions -- The vienna convention on international sales -- Documentary sales -- The financing of international trade -- Rights and duties of the sea carrier -- Conflict of laws -- The resolution of commercial disputes: Commercial litigation -- Commercial arbitration -- Envoi: Final reflections.