Business Law - Market Leader

Business Law

MARKET LEADER Business English

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A Robin Widdowson

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Pearson Education Limited

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Contents Introduction to business law 1 Business and the law

4

2 In-house lawyers

8

3 Handling international disputes

12

4 Different countries, different legal systems

16

Operating globally 5 Bollywood needs lawyers!

20

6 Practising diversity

24

7 International mergers and acquisitions

28

8 Cybercrime – a worldwide threat

32

Business law challenges 9 Protecting intellectual property

36

10 New ways of dealing with fraud

40

11 The costs of pollution

44

12 A safe workplace?

48

Contracts in the business world 13 Contract law

52

14 Terms and conditions: the language of contracts

56

15 A case law report

60

Business law and finance 16 How tax laws can create business

64

17 Insider dealing

68

18 Sharia law and international finance

72

Check Tests

76

Answer key

80

Glossary

89

Useful websites

96

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