Introduction to Commercial Law, 5th edition

Introduction to Commercial Law is an invaluable source of reliable and well-researched material on commercial law, tailored to the needs of the academic market.

 

Format: Paperback

by Henry Holderness (Author)
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NZD$ 160.00
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Release Date: November 01, 2016
ISBN/ISSN: 9780947514044

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Introduction to Commercial Law is and invaluable source of reliable and well-researched material on commercial law, written by authorities in the field.

Drawn from the online looseleaf, Commercial Law in New Zealand, this edition of Introduction to Commercial Law examines the law of contract, sale of goods, specific contracts, secured transactions, consumer protection legislation (Fair Trading Act, Consumer Guarantees Act and Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act) plus insolvency and dispute resolution.

 

Features

  • Based on authoritative online resource
  • Content is tried and proven in NZ commercial law classes over twenty years.
  • Students can rely on what’s in here to be relevant and appropriate for their studies

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    Featured Authors

    Henry Holderness

    Henry Holderness

    Henry Holderness is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Canterbury (UC) and a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand. His primary research interests lie in the fields of insurance law and employment law, both of which he currently teaches at undergraduate level. . Alongside his fulltime position at UC, Henry is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, where his thesis seeks to examine and evaluate New Zealand's Earthquake Commission scheme of natural disaster insurance, including its history and performance following the Canterbury Earthquakes. Before becoming a lawyer, Henry was an ESOL teacher for 6 years, including 3 years spent in Japan.

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    Table of contents

    Part One: Introduction

     Chapter 1: Introduction 

     
    Part Two: General Principles of Contract Law

     Chapter 2: Introduction – the nature of contract

     Chapter 3: Formation of a Contract

     Chapter 4: The Terms of the Contract

     Chapter 5: Vitiating Elements

     Chapter 6: Privity and Assignment

     Chapter 7: Misrepresentation and Breach of Contract

     Chapter 8: Discharge of Contract

     
    Part Three: Contracts for the Sale of Goods

     Chapter 9: Scope of the Sale of Goods Act

     Chapter 10: Passing of Property and Risk

     Chapter 11: Sales Without Title

     Chapter 12: Terms of the Contract

     Chapter 13: Performance of the Contract

     Chapter 14: Remedies of the Seller

     Chapter 15: Remedies of the Buyer

     Chapter 16: Some Particular Kinds of Sales

     
    Part Four: Other Specific Contracts

     Chapter 17: Bailment and carriage of goods

     Chapter 18: Export trade contracts

     Chapter 19: Agency

     Chapter 20: Guarantees

     Chapter 21: Nature and Formation of Insurance Contracts

     Chapter 22: Insurance, non-disclosure and misstatement

     Chapter 23 : Insurer’s Liabilities

     Chapter 24: Insurance Intermediaries

     
    Part Five: Secured transactions

     Chapter 25: Secured Transactions: An Introduction

     Chapter 26: Personal Property Securities

     Chapter 27: Hire Purchase Agreements

     Chapter 28: Credit (Repossession) Act 1997

     
     
    Part Six: Consumer Protection legislation

     Chapter 29: Fair Trading Act 1986

     Chapter 30: Consumer Guarantees Act 1993

     Chapter 31: Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003
     

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