Includes index.

Contents: Business regulation, the state and the legal process: Business regulation -- The State, the law and the legal system -- The Law to torts : The Law of torts -- Trespass-- Defamation -- Economic torts -- Negligence -- Defence and remedies -- Special forms of liability in negligence -- Nuisance -- The Effectiveness of the tort system- some alternatives -- Contract: Agreement -- Consideration and intention -- Statements made in a contractual setting -- Factors affecting the validity of contracts -- Contracts and public policy -- Discharge, breach and remedies -- Exclusion of liability -- Privity of contract -- The Classification and regulation of business transactions- goods and services: Statutory implied terms in contracts for the sale and supply of goods -- Passing of property and risk in contracts of sale -- Who can pass title in contract of sale? -- Delivery and payment in contract of sale -- Contracts involving services -- Financing the supply of goods and services: The Development and regulation of credit -- regulated agreements -- Control of credit agreements -- Business relations: Agency -- The Business and the workforce -- The Legal framework of business organization -- Partnership -- Corporate status -- Corporate capital -- Distribution of corporate power and authority in law and reality -- Corporate insolvency and winding up -- Takeovers and mergers -- Dealings in securities and financial services.