Business And Corporate Law Guidebook

Business and Corporate Law Guidebook is a bilingual textbook designed to provide Chinese students with a solid understanding of the fundamental aspects of Australian business and corporate law. Written in plain English and Chinese, this text offers clear and concise explanations of key legal concepts, significant cases and principal judgments to form a systematic framework of self-directed learning. The text contains 12 chapters covering contract law, competition and consumer law, tort and negligence, company law including company incorporation, corporate liability and the winding up process. The last chapter focuses specifically on teaching Chinese students how to apply the IRAC model to solve legal problems. Suitable for those studying business and corporate law as part of a non-law degree such as accounting, marketing and business management studies, this text is also a valuable addition to international professionals seeking an understanding of the Australian business and corporate legal environment.

The Business Law Guidebook is a guide to the essentials of business law. It provides a clear and comprehensive outline of the foundation topics in business and commercial law in an easy-to-read, student-friendly format. Learn how to link the key concepts from your lectures, textbooks and tutorials to get the most from your study, improve your knowledge of law and develop legal problem-solving skills. This Guidebook will help you navigate through the fundamental points of Business Law using: * Concise and clear explanations of what you need to know * Guidelines for answering questions * Cases to Remember * Test Your Knowledge questions * Assessment Preparation sections * Diagrams of difficult concepts * Up-to-date cases and legislation

Corporate law and governance are at the forefront of regulatory activities worldwide, and subject to increasing public attention in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis. Comprehensively referencing the key debates, the Handbook provides a much-needed framework for understanding the aims and methods of legal research in the field.

Understanding the corporation means understanding its legal framework, but until recently the origins and evolution of corporate law have received relatively little attention. The topical chapters featured in this Research Handbook, contributed by leading scholars from around the world, examine the historical development of corporation and business organization law in the Americas, Europe, and Asia from the ancient world to modern times, providing an invaluable resource for both further historical research and scholars seeking the origins of present-day issues.

Like its companion the Corporate Director's Guidebook, this new title covers topics in plain English so the principles are easily understood by nonlawyers

The Corporate Director's Guidebook is recognized as the premier authority on the director's role and the board's functions. It is read, consulted and cited by board members, executives, lawyers and academics nationwide. Now available as a new Fifth Edition, the Guidebook completely updates its fourth edition published in 2004. This new Fifth Edition addresses recent effects the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has had in the corporate governance arena and its impact on the legal responsibilities of directors of public companies.

The emerging field of corporate law, corporate governance and sustainability is one of the most dynamic and significant areas of law and policy in light of the convergence of environmental, social and economic crises that we face as a global society. Understanding the impact of the corporation on society and realizing its potential for contributing to sustainability is vital for the future of humanity. This Handbook comprehensively assesses the state-of-the-art in this field through in-depth discussion of sustainability-related problems, numerous case studies on regulatory responses implemented by jurisdictions around the world, and analyses of predominant strategies and potential drivers of change. This Handbook will be an essential reference for scholars, students, practitioners, policymakers, and general readers interested in how corporate law and governance have exacerbated global society's most pressing challenges, and how reforms to these fields can help us resolve those challenges and achieve sustainability.