Business Law is a clear and accurate statement of the foundations of the Australian legal system, the law of contract, and the major topics in commercial law.

Known for facilitating a sound and comprehensive grasp of the subject, Business Law has a strong following amongst the business and legal communities. Company directors and others in business value it as a tool to understand legal concepts involved in everyday dealings and business agreements. Legal practitioners with diverse commercial practices find it valuable as a first resource for themselves and ideal for their clients’ use.

Contents include:

• the nature, sources and structure of Australian law
• detailed coverage of the law of contract
• business structures, such as companies, partnerships, trusts and agencies
• negligence and liability
• restrictions on trade practices, and consumer protection
• banking and financial transactions law
• real and intellectual property law, including copyright, patents and trade marks
• insurance
• credit law and bankruptcy

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Introduction
CHAPTER 2: Judge-Made Law and Statute Law
CHAPTER 3: The Courts, Litigation and the Legal Profession
CHAPTER 4: Federalism
CHAPTER 5: The Law of Torts
CHAPTER 6: The Criminal Law
CHAPTER 7: Contracts: An Overview
CHAPTER 8: Formation of Contract: Offer and Acceptance
CHAPTER 9: Formation of Contract: Consideration
CHAPTER 10: Formation of Contract: Intention to Create a Binding Contract
CHAPTER 11: Terms of the Contract: Principles of Construction
CHAPTER 12: Terms of the Contract: Determining the Scope of the Contract
CHAPTER 13: Terms of the Contract: Issues of Meaning and Effect
CHAPTER 14: Vitiating Elements: Mistake
CHAPTER 15: Vitiating Elements: Misrepresentation
CHAPTER 16: Vitiating Elements: Illegality
CHAPTER 17: Vitiating Elements: Inequality Between the Parties
CHAPTER 18: Termination of the Contract in General
CHAPTER 19: Termination of the Contract: Breach and Anticipatory Breach
CHAPTER 20: Remedies for Breach of Contract
CHAPTER 21: Privity and Assignment
CHAPTER 22: Contractual Capacity
CHAPTER 23: Contracts Required to be in Writing or Evidenced by Writing
CHAPTER 24: Contracts for the Sale of Goods
CHAPTER 25: Quasi-Contractual Remedies
CHAPTER 26: Principal and Agent
CHAPTER 27: Partnership
CHAPTER 28: Property
CHAPTER 29: Intellectual Property
CHAPTER 30: Trusts
CHAPTER 31: Succession
CHAPTER 32: Bailment
CHAPTER 33: Consumer Protection
CHAPTER 34: Credit Law
CHAPTER 35: Insurance Law
CHAPTER 36: Bills of Exchange
CHAPTER 37: Banks and Cheques
CHAPTER 38: Bankruptcy
CHAPTER 39: The Trade Practices Act: Restrictive Trade Practices
CHAPTER 40: Company Law - by Michael Quilter

Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index

Review of 11th edition:

"If there is a need for a text for general business purposes, then it is hard to go past Business Law by Peter Gillies."

-- Australian Law Librarian, Vol 11(3), 2003

Review of 10th edition:

"What a relief! A legal book which is clear in language and structure, breaking down complex legal matters, and covers basic legal principles. . . . The most compelling feature of this work is that it is well written and easy to understand. The chapters contain a useful introduction that places each topic in its context and often shows the development of the legal principles. The book includes a comprehensive table of statutes and cases. The index is excellent. The book is an ideal reference book about basic legal principles that relate to business that is also relevant to legal practice. The publishers should consider publishing this important work in hardcover as it forms an important part of the libraries of many practitioners who use the work as a first reference."

-- International Trade & Business Law Annual, May 2002