Principles of Commercial Law

This introductory-level textbook provides a clear and concise overview of commercial law for undergraduate law students. Covering all the key areas of law that may be included in a commercial law module, including agency, sale of goods, bailments, carriage of goods, commercial financing, and conflict of laws, it also introduces relevant elements of related fields such as banking and insolvency law and touches on emerging issues such as cryptocurrencies.

Key Features:
• Accessible and conversational prose
• A tight focus on core knowledge with manageable levels of detail
• Important concepts, cases and legislation are highlighted for ease of reference
• Student-friendly layout with key lessons and learning objectives clearly identified

Principles of Commercial Law is perfectly suited to law students studying undergraduate commercial law modules in their second or third years. It will also be beneficial as an accessible introductory text on higher level courses for students who are newer to the topic.

Contents:

Legal tables 1. Introduction to commercial law 2. Introduction to agency 3. Agency: duties of agent and principal 4. Sale of goods I: definitions and sources of law 5. Sale of goods II: duties of the parties 6. Sales III: passing of property 7. Sales IV: remedies 8. Introduction to bailments 9. Bailments II: actions and remedies 10. Overview of commercial financing 11. Sources of finance in commercial transactions I: basic terminology; equity finance 12. Sources of finance in commercial transactions II: debt finance 13. Sources of finance in commercial transactions III: security in commercial transactions 14. Money and documentary payments in domestic commercial transactions 15. Insolvency: effect on commercial transactions 16. Carriage of goods by sea I: sea carriage contracts 17. Carriage of goods by sea II: the Hague–Visby Rules 18. Conflict of laws I: jurisdiction and judgments 19. Conflict of laws II: choice of law 20, Introduction to banking law 21. The banker–customer relationship 22. Cryptocurrencies, bitcoin and cryptoassets Index