Guide to Business Law

Substantially revised, clarified and updated, the fourth edition of Guide to Business Law offers a clear and practical introduction to the basic principles of commercial law. Guide to Business Law 4e gives students the tools to understand and deal with questions and issues typically arising in the commercial world, such as: What constitutes a valid contact, how it terminates, and what would happen in the event of breach The particular details about agreements of sale, lease, insurance, and other specific contracts, and their effect on everyday business transactions. The various forms of companies and business enterprises, their differences and respective advantages, and which form might be most suited to a particular enterprise.

PART A THE SA LEGAL SYSTEM; 1. The concept of law; 2. Sources and origins of law; 3. Court structure and jurisdiction; 4. Officers of the court and the law, and the development of law; 5. Litigation, arbitration and mediation; 6. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; PART B BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CONTRACT; 7. Formation of a valid contract; 8. Lawfulness of contract; 9. Capacity to contract; 10. Serious intention to contract; 11. Communication offer and acceptance of contract; 12. Certainty of terms of contract; 13. Reality of consent; 14. Possibility of performance; 15. Common contractual provisions and third parties to a contract; 16. Termination of contract and remedies; PART C SPECIFIC BUSINESS CONTRACTS; 17. Contract of sale; 18. Credit agreements; 19. Contract of lease and occupancy; 20. Contract of employment; 21. Labour legislation; 22. Contract of a gency; 23. Contract of insurance; PART D BUSINESS ORGANIZATION; 24. Sole proprietorship, partnership and joint venture; 25. Close corporations, trusts and co-operatives; 26. Companies; 27. Corporate governance and insider trading; 28. Black Economic Empowerment (BEE); PART E ASPECTS OF BUSINESS LAW; 29. Insolvency; 30. Negotiable instruments and other forms of payment; 31. Real and personal securities; 32. Consumer protection; 33. Intellectual property; 34. Delict