Commercial law 3/e (3^rd Ed.)

Commercial Law offers the student comprehensive coverage of the general principles and key topics of commercial law including the law of agency, sale of goods, commercial and consumer credit and security, banking, international trade, insurance and commercial dispute resolution. With a critical and contextual approach, the text places strong emphasis on an understanding of how contracts are used in a business environment, demonstrating how different contracts interlock within a single commercial activity. It addresses too, some of the novel legal problems created by modern commercial practice.

PART I - THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK. 1. The Nature and Sources of Commercial Law. 2. Principles of Contract Law. PART II - ARRANGING THE TRANSACTION: THE LAW OF AGENCY. 3. Agency. 4. The Authority of the Agent. 5. Relations with Third Parties. 6. Principal and Agent. PART III - THE SALE AND SUPPLY OF GOODS. 7. Background to the Sale of Goods Act. 8. The Contract of Sale and the Classification of Transactions. 9. Duties of the Parties. 10. Delivery. 11. The Condition of the Goods and Statutory Implied Terms. 12. The Buyer's Remedies. 13. Manufacturers and Product Liability. 14. The Duty to Pass a Good Title. 15. The Passing of Property. 16. Risk, Mistake and Frustration. 17. The Conflicts of Sale Transactions. 18. Buyer's Duties and Seller's Remedies. 19. Contracts for the Supply of Services. PART IV - FINANCING THE TRANSACTION. 20. Financing the Transaction. 21. Credit and Security. 22. Real Security. 23. Personal Security. 24. The Regulation of Credit. 25. Regulated Agreements. 26. Control of Credit Agreements. 27. Money and the Transfer of Obligations. 28. Bills of Exchange. 29. Banks and Their Customers. 30. Bank Payment Orders. PART V - INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 31. The Nature and Structure of International Trade. 32. Bills of Lading and Contracts of Carriage. 33. International Sale Contracts. 34. Financing International Trade. PART VI - PROTECTING THE TRANSACTION. 35. Insurance. 36. Resolution of Commercial Disputes. Index.

Robert Bradgate, MA (Cantab), Solicitor, Reader in Commercial Law, University of Sheffield