Goode and McKendrick on commercial law / Ewan McKendrick

Contents

PART 1 THE FOUNDATIONS OF COMMERCIAL LAW
1. The nature and sources of commercial law
2. Basic concepts of personal property
3. Some aspects of contract law
4. Commercial contracts
5. Agency in commercial Transactions

PART 2 DOMESTIC SALES
6. A brief history of sales law
7. The contract of sale: Its nature and function
8. The passing of the property
9. Risk and frustrations
10. Delivery
11. The statutory Implied terms in favor of the buyer
12. Rejection and its consequences
13. Acceptance
14. The buyer's remedies for misrepresentation or breach by the seller
15. Duties of the buyer and remedies of the seller for misrepresentation or breach
16. Title conflicts between seller or buyer and third parties

PART 3 MONEY, PAYMENT AND PAYMENT SYSTEMS
17. Money
18. Payment and payment systems
19. Instruments generally
20. Bills of exchange
21.Other instruments

PART 4 SECURED FINANCING
22. The classification and characteristics of credit and security
23. The creation, enforcement and transfer of security rights
24. Principles of perfection and priorities
25. The floating charge

PART 5 SPECIFIC FORMS OF SECURED BUSINESS FINANCE
26. General financing considerations
27. Conditional sale and hire-purchase
28. The finance lease
29. Financing against stock and receivables
30. Guarantees

PART 6 CORPORATE INSOLVENCY
31. Principles of corporate insolvency law

PART 7 INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND FINANCE
32. The characteristics and organization of international sales transactions
33. The Vienna convention on International sales
34. Documentary sales
35. The financing of international trade
36. Rights and duties of the sea carrier
37. Conflict of laws

PART 8 THE RESOLUTION OF COMMERCIAL DISPUTES
38. Commercial litigation
39. Commercial arbitration

PART 9 ENVOI
40. Final reflections

Index