The Briefcase Series is designed for undergraduate law students to assist with understanding the essential principles of key cases in each subject area. The simple and easy to follow layout includes a summary of key cases and relevant legislation under various topic areas, which can be read in conjunction with larger texts. The Briefcase Series provides useful summaries for students new to the topic as well as a refresher for those revising for exams. Briefcase on Contract Law includes all the essential cases for the topics commonly found in a degree or PgDL (Common Professional Examination) course. The book will also be useful for A Level law students whose course includes a contract element. The fourth edition follows the successful format of earlier editions, but takes full account of recent cases affecting the law of contract.

Many students study company law as part of a degree or professional education or training. Unfortunately, company law is not an easy subject to study or understand and students need all the help they can get. Q A Company Law provides valuable guidance on answering the types of questions which can be found in degree and professional examinations. One difficulty with company law is that it involves a complicated web of relationships between the company, its shareholders, its directors and third parties. Students often find it hard to see the 'big picture' while grappling with the technical complexities of the law. While designed primarily as a revision aid, this book also provides considerable assistance during the study of the subject by helping students to draw together themes and ideas from all aspects of their company law course.

This work is intended as a study/revision aid for students, rather than as a substitute for more detailed treatises. It analyzes the law of tort in terms of the issues that are likely to be of interest to examiners and explains these areas in an accessible manner, as well as summarizing existing academic opinion. The emphasis throughout is on facilitating students' understanding of a topic. The new edition takes into account recent developments in the law of tort. These include the increasing use of the law of negligence in sport; further developments when suing public bodies for breach of a duty of care; the increasing influence of the European Court of Human Rights on the development of the law of tort; changes in the method of calculating personal injuries damages; the liability of Internet service providers in the law of defamation and use of the qualified privilege defence in libel.

Expanded with new entries and updated to reflect recent economic developments and the current business climate, this quick-reference dictionary defines more than 7,500 terms relating to accounting, taxation, advertising, business law, communications, transportation, computers and the Internet, economics, finance, insurance, international business, management, marketing, real estate, and statistics. Definitions come with examples, illustrations, and cross-references. An appendix defines hundreds of business-related abbreviations and acronyms. Here is a useful, easy-to-understand reference book with information that is helpful to everyone involved in business activities, whether novices or experienced business executives. 

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