Commercial Law

Nicholas Ryder is Reader in Law at the University of the West of England, Bristol. He is currently head of the Commercial Law Research Unit and co-convener for the Banking and Finance Stream for the Society of Legal Scholars. Margaret Griffiths is Professor Emeritus at the University of Glamorgan. She is a specialist in consumer law, having taught and researched the area for over thirty years. Lachmi Singh is a senior lecturer in law at the University of the West of England, Bristol, where she specialises in contract law, international trade and carriage of goods by sea.

• Part I. Agency: 1. Agency: an introduction; 2. The authority of an agent; 3. Relations between a principal and agent; Part II. Sale of Goods and Services: Introduction; 4. Sale of goods policy; 5. The implied conditions in sale of goods contracts; 6. Passage of title, delivery and payment; 7. The supply of goods and services; 8. E-commerce and distance selling; Part III. International Trade and Sales: 9. Standard trade terms; 10. The Vienna Convention on the International Sales of Goods (1980); 11. Payment in international sales; 12. Carriage of goods by sea; Part IV. Tortious Liability for Defective Products: Introduction; 13. Negligence and the rise of product liability; 14. Liability under the Consumer Protection Act 1987; Part V. Unfair Commercial Practices: Introduction; 15. Policy on unfair commercial practices; 16. The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations Act 2008; 17. Business protection from misleading marketing; Part VI. Banking and Finance Law: 18. Government policy; 19. Banking and finance law; 20. Banking regulation; Part VII. Consumer Credit: 21. The government's policy towards consumer credit; 22. The Consumer Credit Act 1974; 23. The Consumer Credit Act 2006.

'This excellent new book provides detailed contextual discussion of modern commercial law. It covers, in an engaging and accessible manner, emerging areas of commercial law alongside the key components of traditional commercial law courses. As such it will be an invaluable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and those in practice.' James Devenney, University of Exeter