Purchasing Priniciples And Management

Description

The eighth edition of this classic text continues to reinforce and develop the concept of purchasing as a dynamic and managerial process. This book is designed to meet the needs of the modern manager as a practical guide and to satisfy the requirements of students of purchasing management, whether functional, specialist or general. This book is divided into three parts. Cover Law for Purchasing and Supply Contents Preface Table of cases Table of legislation The law of contract Contract formation Introduction Offer and acceptance Invitations to treat Status of tenders Offers Tenders Acceptance Consideration Intention to create legal relations Contractual capacity Privity of contract Question and answer Further reading Contractual terms and formalities Formalities Terms of the contract Express and implied terms Conditions, innominate terms and warranties Question and answer Further reading Vitiating factors Mistake Misrepresentation Duress and undue influence Illegality and invalidity Question and answer Further reading Exclusion clauses Common law control Statutory control Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 Criminal control Question and answer Further reading Termination and remedies Introduction Performance Agreement Frustration Breach Remedies Question and answer Further reading The law of agency Introduction The role of an agent The creation of an agency Authority Duties arising from agency The principal/agent relationship The principal/third party relationship The agent/third party relationship Termination of agency Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 Question and answer Further reading The supply of goods and services Implied conditions in the sale of goods Introduction A ‘contract of sale’ The right to sell Sale by description Satisfactory quality Fitness for purpose Sales by sample Acceptance Modification of remedies Exclusion of liability European reform Question and answer Further reading The supply of goods and services Introduction Part I – implied conditions Implied terms in services Question and answer Further reading Delivery and payment Introduction Delivery and payment Remedies Question and answer Further reading Passage of title and risk Introduction Specific, ascertained and unascertained goods Passage of title The passage of risk Sale by a non-owner Question and answer Further reading The law of tort Negligence Introduction Duty of care Causation Defences Recoverable damage Negligent misstatement Vicarious liability Question and answer Further reading Product liability Introduction The American experience Consumer Protection Act 1987 Question and answer Further reading Consumer protection Criminal liability for false statements Introduction Trade Descriptions Act 1968 Prices Property misdescriptions Question and answer Further reading Product safety Introduction General Product Safety Regulations Consumer Protection Act 1987 Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 Question and answer Further reading Food safety Introduction Food Sale and commercial operations Food safety offences Notices and orders Consumer protection Regulations Codes of practice Defences Enforcement Food Standards Agency Question and answer Further reading Weights and measures Introduction Offences of short weight or measure Regulated packages Question and answer Further reading Related legislation Legal aspects of outsourcing Introduction Tenders Letters of intent and letters of comfort EU Public Procurement Directives Compulsory competitive tendering Transfer of undertakings Question and answer Further reading Competition law Introduction Competition Act 1998 Part I of the 1998 Act Chapter I Chapter II Fair Trading Act 1973 Articles 81 and 82 EC Question and answer Further reading Intellectual property Introduction Breach of confidence and passing off Patents Copyright Designs Trade marks Question and answer Further reading International trade Introduction Bills of lading C.i.f. and f.o.b. contracts Documentary credits Question and answer Further reading Insurance Introduction Types of insurance Insurable interest The contract Terms of the contract The role of agents Claims Subrogation Question and answer Further reading Index