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Part 1 Foundations 1

Chapter 1 Business and the law 2

Chapter 2 The Australian legal system 27

Chapter 3 Politicians and judges 63

Chapter 4 How to find, understand and use the law 110

Chapter 5 Deliberately causing harm 156

Chapter 6 Carelessly causing harm 189

Chapter 7 Contract law: formation of the contract 220

Chapter 8 Contract law: terms of the contract 254

Chapter 9 Contract law: enforcement of the contract 286

Chapter 10 Contract law: working with agents 316

Chapter 11 Dealing with consumers 343

Chapter 12 Dealing with competitors 388

Chapter 13 Protecting IP 417

Part 3 Managing a business 463

Chapter 14 Managing a business: start-up 464

Chapter 15 Managing a business: business ownership 496

Chapter 16 Managing a business: companies and corporate governance 532

Chapter 17 Managing a business: making payments and recovering debts 566

Chapter 18 Managing a business: insurance and taxes 597

Chapter 19 Managing a business: employing workers 618

Chapter 20 Managing a business: closing down 643

Introduction 644

20.1 Financial difficulty 644

20.2 Personal insolvency 646

20.3 Corporate insolvency 657

20.4 Closing the business 664

Summary 671

Quiz 671

Exercises 672

Key terms 673

Acknowledgements 675

Index 676