A Manual Of Mercantile Law

Author : Edward W. Spencer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330493267
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book A Manual of Commercial Law written by Edward W. Spencer and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Manual of Commercial Law: Containing a Clear, Concise and Logical Exposition, of the Rules Relating to Business, Transactions and the Management of Affairs This work was originally published in 1898. The aim of the author in this, as in former editions, is to state clearly, accurately and in language as free as possible from technicalities, the elementary rules and principles of American law with which it seems most important that business men should be familiar, his object being to make an instructive manual and reference work for general readers and men of affairs, and a practical text-book for use in schools and colleges where commercial branches are taught. Though the book has been recognized as standard and has formed the basis of the work of many of the leading commercial schools and departments throughout the country for many years, the present revision has seemed a practical necessity owing, among other things, to the recent adoption in many states of uniform commercial codes, and to occasional important developments and applications of legal rules, or to statutory changes in the law. In this, as in former editions, an effort has been made to render the work as practical as possible. Business men are interested chiefly in knowing the general nature and extent of their legal rights and duties. For this reason technicalities and details of jurisdiction and procedure have been excluded, as the space necessary to their discussion is much better occupied with the practical rules of general contract law and the rules applicable to negotiable instruments, agency, partnership, business corporations, sales of chattels, and the like. The entire work has been thoroughly revised and many parts of it have been entirely rewritten. The text of the negotiable instruments law, in force in over forty American jurisdictions, has been printed as the basis of the work on commercial paper, accompanied by explanatory notes and illustrations, and the chapters on fire insurance have been largely rewritten with reference to the standard policies in force in most of the states. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.