Commercial Law

Commercial Law offers a fresh, modern, and stimulating exploration of this diverse and fascinating area of law. The text provides thorough coverage of all key aspects of the syllabus, including the law of agency, the sale of goods, international trade, and methods of payment, finance, and security. This coverage is enhanced through a range of novel learning features, including examples, definitions, and diagrams, that encourage understanding and demonstrate how the principles behind the law are applied in practical transactions. Digital formats and resources The fourth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks This edition is also accompanied by a selection of online resources to support and further student learning, including: · Self-test questions · Additional chapters on alternative dispute resolution, the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods, consumer credit, principles of insurance law, and WTO rules and bilateral trade rules · Answers to questions posed in the book · Flashcards for key terminology · Further reading · A guide to OSCOLA referencing · Downloadable figures from the book

1 - An introduction to commercial law
2 - Personal property
3 - An introduction to the law of agency
4 - The creation of the agency relationship
5 - The authority of an agent
6 - Relations between principal and agent
7 - Relations between principal and third party
8 - Relations between agent and third party
9 - Termination of agency
10 - An introduction to the sale of goods
11 - The transfer of property and risk
12 - The transfer of title by a non-owner
13 - Perishing of goods
14 - Delivery and payment
15 - Statutory implied terms and statutory rights
16 - The remedies of the seller
17 - The remedies of the buyer
18 - Product liability
19 - An introduction to international sales and documentation
20 - International trade terms
21 - Contracts of carriage of goods by sea
22 - Marine cargo insurance
23 - Legal aspects of money and payment
24 - Documentary payments
25 - Security interests in property
26 - Forms of title-based financing

Eric Baskind, Senior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool John Moores University, and Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Brookes University Greg Osborne, Former Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth Lee Roach, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth