Australian commercial law

by Clive Turner

This classic text has provided generations of students with a clear, accessible & informative exposition of the general principles of business law. Australian Commercial Law is still the essential guide to the legal issues surrounding commercial practice. This 22nd edition has been updated to reflect all changes to the law & major case developments since the last edition. Major changes include: * Contract: Consent of Parties -- updated to include, inter alia, the recent important decision of the High Court in Garcia v National Australia Bank Ltd (1998) concerning guarantees by wives of their husband's business debts * Consumer Protection under the Trade Practices Act 1998 -- discussion of the Trade Practices Amendment (Fair Trading) Act 1998, which prohibits 'unconscionable conduct' by large corporations in transactions with small business. Also included is discussion of the Trade Practices Amendment (Country of Origin Representations) Act 1998, concerning the appropriate use of representations such as "Made in Australia" or "Product of Australia" * Property -- now includes a completely new section on Native Title * Company Law -- substantially revised to incorporate the important changes made by the Company Law Review Act 1998 * Intellectual Property -- includes significant amendments made by the Copyright Amendment Act (No. 2) 1998, concerning employed journalist's copyright, copyright in labelling & packaging of imported goods, conversion damages & the removal of the copyright restrictions on the parallel importation of records. This chapter also includes discussion of the Franchising Code of Conduct 1998. * Bankruptcy -- incorporates into the text substantial changes made by the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 1996 * Workplace Relations: Employment & Industrial Relations -- revised & updated to include recent developments including the significant decision of the High Court in Patrick Stevedores Operations No. 2 v Maritime Union Australia (1998).

Genres: Textbooks

959 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1939

Reviews

[Ernest · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 5th edition of this book is a very adequate text to teach from teaching and for learning at the level at which it is pitched at (typically non-law students who need to know and/or are studying the legal environment of business). A minor annoyance is some cases being cited with the non-authorised reports.

[Dominique · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still a book. Read the whole thing so I’m adding it lol

[Alisha Brook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Title: Australian Commercial Law
Series: -
Author: Clive Turner
Genre: Informational/ Law
Rating: 2.5 stars

A helpful and quite comprehensive textbook, although there was quite a lot of information that I tried to locate and it did not have unfortunately. I think it could have been set out a little better to make it easier to access information - for example it gave the index provided the chapter and segment number of the information needed, but not the PAGE number. Given the immense size of the book this meant it was not always a quick reference material.
Though it was still a good reference material that I will recommend to those studying law as it does provide some valuable, albeit summarised, information.

[Nour Hassaniya · Rating 3 out of 5]

كمية الإستفادة اللي حصلت عليها و الثقافة القانونية الأسترالية من هاد الكورس كانت فعلاً شي ممتع و مفيد بشكل كبير.. الكتاب ضخم و مليان بس القضايا المكتوبة فيه كانت أكتر ما احتجته و لأفهم القانون بدولتهم و أحكامه كان مرجع كافي جداً

10.12.2014

[Slava Gorbunov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book!