1. Introduction to Law and Business Part 1: Contract Law 2. Introduction to Contract Law 3. Formation of Agreement 4. Signed Contracts and Incorporation of Terms 5. Acceptance, Revocation and Time and Place of Contract 6. Business Contracts 7. Consideration 8. Termination of Contracts 9. Damages 10. Setting the Contract Aside Part 2: Sale of Goods 11. Sale and Transfer of Ownership 12. Sale and Quality of Goods 13. Performance of Sale Contract 14. Sale, Contract of Service and Taxation Part 3: Bailment, Pledge and Lien 15. Bailment 16. Pledge and Hypothecation 17. Lien Part 4: Negotiable Instrument, Letter of Credit, Indemnity, Guarantee and Bond 18. Negotiable Instruments 19. Letters of Credit 20. Indemnity and Guarantee xii Brief Contents 21. Bank Guarantee, Performance Guarantee and Bonds 22. Contract of Insurance Part 5: Principal, Agent and Partnership 23. Agent, Agency and Principal 24. Agency: Rights and Duties 25. Partnership Part 6: Consumer Protection 26. Consumer Protection 27. Advertising and Unfair Trade Practices 28. The Competition Act Part 7: Company Law 29. Introduction to Company Law 30. Incorporation of Companies 31. Corporate Personality 32. Meeting and Altering the Constitution of the Company 33. Share Capital 34. Directors Part 8: Intellectual Property Rights 35. Patents, Copyrights and Design 36. Trademark Protection and Passing Off Part 9: Other Themes 37. Business and the Fundamental Rights 38. The Transfer of Property Act 39. Foreign Exchange Management Act 40. Information Technology Act 41. Right to Information Act (Online) 42. Arbitration (Online) 43. Environment Protection Act (Online) Annexure 1: The Companies Act, 2013

Legal Aspects of Business by Akhileshwar Pathak continues to have an interface of law with management. The unique learning by discovering approach adopted in the book makes the teaching and learning of business laws interesting and engaging. The major highlight of this new edition is the inclusion of the new Companies Act, 2013. This edition has also been comprehensively restructured and condensed enhancing the flow of the text.