UID:
almafu_9961294029502883
Umfang:
1 online resource (lxx, 546 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Ausgabe:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781108611817
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1108611818
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9781108629003
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1108629008
Inhalt:
Fully revised and updated, Australian Commercial Law offers a comprehensive, accessible introduction to key aspects of Australian commercial law. Part 1 introduces the fundamentals of contract law and business structures before examining the sale of goods, agency, bailment and personal property. Part 2 covers the Australian Consumer Law, focusing on areas important to commercial entities that interact with consumers. Part 3 examines international commercial law, providing a detailed introduction to the World Trade Organization and to agreements central to trade between countries. The second edition includes: detailed discussion of key concepts in commercial law; four new chapters on contract law basics, business structures, bankruptcy and international commercial law; thorough integration of digital and e-commerce transactions; and end-of-chapter discussion questions designed to test reader knowledge of key points and themes. Written in a clear and concise style by an expert author team, Australian Commercial Law is an indispensable resource for students seeking a comprehensive understanding of commercial law.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Mar 2021).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Preface -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes -- List of Abbreviations -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 Australian Commercial Law -- Chapter 1 Contract law and commercial regulators -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 Contracts in commerce -- 1.1.1 Common types of contract -- 1.1.2 General principles and 'fragmentation' of contract law -- 1.1.3 Formation -- 1.1.3.1 Element 1: Offer and acceptance (agreement) -- 1.1.3.2 Element 2: Consideration -- 1.1.3.3 Element 3: Intention to create legal relations -- 1.1.3.4 Element 4: Certainty and completeness -- 1.1.4 Terms -- 1.1.4.1 Express terms incorporated by signature -- 1.1.4.2 Express terms incorporated by notice -- 1.1.4.3 Express terms incorporated by course of dealings -- 1.1.4.4 Incorporation of terms in online contracts -- 1.1.4.5 Terms implied in fact -- 1.1.4.6 Terms implied in law -- 1.1.4.7 Terms implied by custom -- 1.1.5 Performance and termination -- 1.1.5.1 Termination by agreement -- 1.1.5.2 Termination by operation of contract term -- 1.1.5.3 Termination by operation of law -- 1.1.5.4 Termination by frustration -- 1.1.5.5 Termination for breach of contract -- 1.1.5.6 Termination by repudiation -- 1.1.6 Remedies -- 1.1.6.1 Damages -- 1.1.6.2 Equitable remedies -- 1.2 Commercial regulators -- 1.2.1 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission -- 1.2.2 Australian Securities and Investments Commission -- 1.2.3 Australian Prudential Regulation Authority -- 1.2.4 Australian Taxation Office -- 1.2.5 Foreign Investment Review Board -- 1.2.6 Australian Securities Exchange Ltd -- 1.2.7 Reserve Bank of Australia -- 1.2.8 IP Australia -- 1.2.9 .au Domain Administration -- 1.3 Key points -- 1.4 Discussion questions -- 1.5 Further reading -- Chapter 2 Business structures -- 2.0 Introduction.
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2.1 Determining an appropriate structure -- 2.2 Types of business structure -- 2.2.1 Sole trader -- 2.2.2 Partnership -- 2.2.3 Joint venture -- 2.2.4 Franchise -- 2.2.5 Trust -- 2.2.6 Unincorporated association -- 2.2.7 Incorporated association -- 2.2.8 Corporation -- 2.2.8.1 Directors' duties -- 2.3 Key points -- 2.4 Discussion questions -- 2.5 Further reading -- Chapter 3 Personal property -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 Defining personal property -- 3.1.1 Real and personal property -- 3.2 Possession -- 3.3 Interference with possession -- 3.3.1 Trespass -- 3.3.2 Conversion -- 3.3.3 Detinue -- 3.4 Loss of personal property rights -- 3.4.1 Intermixture -- 3.4.2 Accession -- 3.4.3 Fixtures -- 3.4.4 Finding -- 3.5 Challenging notions of personal property -- 3.5.1 Property rights in software -- 3.5.2 Virtual property -- 3.5.3 Commercial exploitation of medical research -- 3.5.4 Property rights in a spectacle -- 3.6 Key points -- 3.7 Discussion questions -- 3.8 Further reading -- Chapter 4 Sale of goods -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 Interpreting the Sale of Goods Acts -- 4.2 Applying the Sale of Goods Act -- 4.2.1 A contract of sale -- 4.2.2 Goods -- 4.2.3 Distinguishing a sale of goods contract -- 4.2.4 Price -- 4.3 Terms implied into sale of goods contracts -- 4.4 Correspondence with description -- 4.4.1 Sale by description -- 4.4.2 Reliance -- 4.4.3 Breaching the condition -- 4.5 Fitness for purpose -- 4.5.1 Particular purpose must be known -- 4.5.2 Particular purpose must be clearly disclosed -- 4.5.3 Seller must be in the business of supplying goods of that description -- 4.5.4 The trade name exception -- 4.6 Merchantable quality -- 4.7 Sale by sample -- 4.8 The right to sell, quiet possession and freedom from encumbrance -- 4.9 Key points -- 4.10 Discussion questions -- 4.11 Further reading -- Chapter 5 Transfer of property -- 5.0 Introduction.
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5.1 Categories of goods -- 5.1.1 Specific goods -- 5.1.2 Unascertained goods -- 5.1.3 Ascertained goods -- 5.1.4 Future goods -- 5.1.5 The importance of classifying goods -- 5.2 Transfer of property presumptions -- 5.2.1 Rule 1 -- 5.2.2 Rule 2 -- 5.2.3 Rule 3 -- 5.2.4 Rule 4 -- 5.2.5 Rule 5 -- 5.3 Transfer by a non-owner (nemo dat) -- 5.3.1 Estoppel -- 5.3.1.1 Estoppel by representation -- 5.3.1.2 Estoppel by negligence -- 5.3.2 Mercantile agent -- 5.3.3 Sale under voidable title -- 5.3.4 Seller or buyer in possession after sale -- 5.4 Retention of title -- 5.5 Retention of title clauses and the common law -- 5.6 Key points -- 5.7 Discussion questions -- 5.8 Further reading -- Chapter 6 Price and delivery -- 6.0 Introduction -- 6.1 Price -- 6.2 Sale of goods and barter -- 6.3 Performance of the contract -- 6.4 Delivery by instalments -- 6.5 Remedies of the buyer -- 6.5.1 Remedies available to the buyer -- 6.5.2 Purchaser's acceptance of the goods -- 6.5.3 Acceptance and free on board (FOB), or cost, insurance, freight (CIF) contracts -- 6.5.4 Remedies for breach of a warranty implied by the Sale of Goods Act -- 6.5.5 Remedy for defective instalment deliveries -- 6.5.6 Damages for non-delivery or delayed delivery -- 6.5.7 Remedy for specific performance -- 6.6 Remedies of the seller -- 6.6.1 The price -- 6.6.2 Damages for non-acceptance -- 6.6.3 Unpaid seller against the goods -- 6.6.4 Lien or right to retain the goods -- 6.6.5 Withholding delivery -- 6.7 Key points -- 6.8 Discussion questions -- 6.9 Further reading -- Chapter 7 Agency law -- 7.0 Introduction -- 7.1 Agency -- 7.2 Actual authority -- 7.2.1 Actual express authority -- 7.2.2 Actual implied authority -- 7.3 Ostensible authority -- 7.3.1 General principles of ostensible authority -- 7.3.2 Representation -- 7.3.2.1 Representation from a course of dealings.
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7.3.2.2 Representation arising from a job title, holding a particular office or other indicia of authority -- 7.3.3 Representation by an agent -- 7.3.4 Reliance -- 7.3.5 Detriment -- 7.4 Ratification -- 7.5 The doctrine of the undisclosed principal -- 7.6 Agency by operation of law -- 7.7 The duties of agents and principals -- 7.7.1 The duties accompanying an agency relationship -- 7.7.2 Liability of the agent -- 7.7.3 Breach of warrant of authority -- 7.8 Termination of agency -- 7.9 Key points -- 7.10 Discussion questions -- 7.11 Further reading -- Chapter 8 Bailment -- 8.0 Introduction -- 8.1 Bailment -- 8.2 The requirements of bailment -- 8.3 Sub-bailment -- 8.4 Categories of bailment -- 8.4.1 Gratuitous bailment -- 8.4.2 Bailment for reward -- 8.5 Common duties of all bailments -- 8.6 Bailment and other legal relationships -- 8.6.1 Bailment and agency -- 8.6.2 Bailment and trust -- 8.6.3 Bailment and licence -- 8.6.4 Bailment and contract -- 8.7 Key points -- 8.8 Discussion questions -- 8.9 Further reading -- Chapter 9 Personal Property Securities Act -- 9.0 Introduction -- 9.1 What is the Personal Property Securities Act? -- 9.1.1 What happens to existing security arrangements? -- 9.2 What does the PPSA apply to? -- 9.3 What is a 'security interest'? -- 9.4 Deemed security interests -- 9.5 What is not covered by the PPSA? -- 9.6 The creation of a security interest -- 9.6.1 Attachment -- 9.6.2 Attachment and perfection -- 9.6.2.1 Perfection by registration -- 9.6.2.2 Perfection by possession -- 9.6.2.3 Perfection by control -- 9.7 Vesting in the grantor -- 9.8 Specific rules that apply to the proceeds from collateral -- 9.9 Extinguishment rules under the PPSA -- 9.9.1 Unperfected security interest -- 9.9.2 Perfected security interests -- 9.9.2.1 Defects in serial numbers -- 9.9.2.2 Motor vehicles.
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9.9.2.3 Collateral sold or leased in the ordinary course of business -- 9.9.2.4 Personal, domestic or household property - low-value transactions -- 9.10 Determining priority -- 9.11 Purchase money security interest - special priority rules -- 9.11.1 Definition: Purchase money security interests -- 9.11.2 Priority -- 9.12 Important developments and changes -- 9.12.1 PPSA review -- 9.12.2 PPS lease change 2017 -- 9.12.3 Importance of ABN versus ACN -- 9.13 Key points -- 9.14 Discussion questions -- 9.15 Problem question -- 9.16 Further reading -- Chapter 10 Contracts of guarantee -- 10.0 Introduction -- 10.1 The nature of the obligations -- 10.2 The nature of the obligations under a contract of guarantee -- 10.2.1 Principal debtor -- 10.2.2 Guarantor/surety -- 10.2.3 The guarantor's collateral obligation is co-extensive -- 10.2.4 Continuing versus limited/specific guarantees -- 10.2.5 Personal liability of the guarantor -- 10.2.6 Guarantee as security for whole or part of the debt -- 10.2.7 Must the guarantor pay the whole sum upon the principal debtor's default? -- 10.2.8 What if a voidable guarantee is set aside? -- 10.2.9 What if the contract of guarantee is unenforceable? -- 10.2.10 The potential impact of the estoppel doctrine -- 10.3 Formation of the contract of guarantee -- 10.3.1 Situations in which a contract of guarantee may arise -- 10.3.2 Formation under principles of contract law -- 10.3.3 Formal requirements -- 10.4 Construction of the contract of guarantee -- 10.4.1 Current approaches to interpretation of guarantees -- 10.4.2 Extrinsic evidence as an interpretative aid -- 10.4.3 The recital -- 10.4.4 Consideration clause -- 10.4.5 Resolving discrepancies between guarantee and principal transaction -- 10.4.6 Is the guarantor liable for interest under the principal transaction? -- 10.4.7 Is the guarantor liable for the creditor's costs?.
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10.4.8 Are the guarantor's obligations secured?.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781108728492
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1108728499
Sprache:
Englisch
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