Managing the Law: The Legal Aspects of Doing Business, Canadian Edition, 6th edition

Published by Pearson Canada (September 15, 2022) © 2023

• Mitchell McInnes Faculty of Law, University of Alberta

• Ian R. Kerr Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa

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Training students “to think like lawyers” has long been the main purpose of law courses, even those designed for business students. Although this text provides valuable insight into legal thought processes, Managing the Law has been written to address a different primary goal. With Managing the Law, the authors aim to help students learn how “to think like successful business people.” The key concept here is risk management. Businesspeople should know enough about the law to identify legal issues and the options for arranging their affairs so as to avoid difficulties.

  Managing the Law differs from other texts on the market in two important ways. First, it is a text for business students, not law students. Managing the Law provides a thorough and current picture of the legal rules that are relevant in the business world. It does not sacrifice important information for the sake of simplicity. At the same time, however, it does not overwhelm the business student with unnecessary detail or impenetrable jargon. The tone is intelligent and student-friendly. The text is accessible and comprehensible, regardless of the reader's background.

Table of contents

1. Risk Management and Sources of Law

2. Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

3. Introduction to Torts

4. Intentional Torts

5. Miscellaneous Torts Affecting Business

6. Negligence

7. The Nature and Creation of Contracts

8. Consideration and Privity

9. Representations and Terms

10. Contractual Defects

11. Discharge and Breach

12. Contractual Remedies

13. Special Contracts: Sale of Goods

14. Special Contracts: Negotiable Instruments

15. Property in Land: Interests and Leases

16. Property in Land: Sales and Mortgages

17. Personal Property: Bailment and Insurance

18. Intellectual Property

19. Electronic Commerce

20. Agency and other Methods of Carrying on Business

21. Basic Forms of Business Organizations

22. Legal Rules for Corporate Governance

23. Secured Transactions

24. Dealing with Bankruptcy and Insolvency

25. Government Regulation of Business

26. Individual Employment

27. Organized Labour