This publication covers the relevant topics studied in university business courses and would be useful to any student who needs a robust general understanding of New Zealand law relating to contracts, consumers, companies, financial markets and corporate governance.
Content for this book is drawn from the bestselling titles Understanding Commercial Law, 9th edition and Understanding Company Law, 4th edition – both new editions which have been updated to take account of recent developments, case law and legislation.
The use of plain language throughout ensures that the work is invaluable to students coming to the topic for the first time or who have English as a second language.
Features
Practical features and reference materials ideal for revision and exam preparation.
Key case summaries and revision questions.
Examples, figures and tables used to illustrate concepts.
Related Titles
Miller & Barber Understanding Commercial Law, 9th edition, 2019
Barrett & Feehily Understanding Company Law, 4th edition, 2019
Watts, Campbell & Hare Company Law in New Zealand, 2nd edition, 2015
Part 1 – Understanding Commercial Law, 9th edition
Chapter 1: Introduction to law
Chapter 2: The New Zealand government and constitution
Chapter 3: Sources of New Zealand law
Chapter 4: The law of contract
Chapter 5: The law of agency Part 2 – Understanding Company Law, 4th edition
Chapter 1: Companies – context and problems
Chapter 2: Partnerships, limited partnerships and joint ventures
Chapter 3: Comparing business organisations
Chapter 4: Company formation and internal governance
Chapter 5: Corporate liability
Chapter 6: Corporate finance
Chapter 7: Record keeping, reporting and auditors
Chapter 8: Shareholders
Chapter 9: Shareholders’ remedies
Chapter 10: The board of directors
Chapter 11: Directors’ duties
Chapter 12: Financial markets law
Chapter 13: Takeovers and amalgamations
Chapter 14: Corporate default
Chapter 15: Liquidation
Chapter 16: Corporate governance
Jonathan Barrett is a senior lecturer in taxation and commercial law in the School of Accounting and Commercial Law at Victoria University of Wellington. Jonathan is an award-winning researcher and has published widely on matters including equity in taxation, company law and teaching non-vocational law students.
Matthew Barber BCom, LLB(Hons), LLM(Hons), PhD(Canterbury) is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Canterbury. He currently teaches contract law and commercial (particularly sales and consumer) law subjects in the law school, as well as teaching business law to postgraduate business students. He has published widely in the areas of contract and commercial law, is the co-author of the leading New Zealand contract law text and a contributing author to the Commercial Law in New Zealand online service. He is admitted as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand.
Ronán Feehily is a senior lecturer in commercial law at the University of Canterbury. An award-winning researcher, he has worked as an academic on three continents and has published numerous articles in leading law journals in the USA, UK, South Africa and Ireland focusing on international commercial dispute resolution, corporate governance, international trade and legal education.