Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. The Foundations of Commercial Law --
1. The Nature and Sources of Commercial Law --
2. Basic Concepts of Personal Property --
3. Some Aspects of Contract Law --
4. Commercial Contracts --
5. Agency in Commercial Transactions --
Pt. 2. Domestic Sales --
6. A Brief History of Sales Law --
7. The Contract of Sales Law --
8. The Passing of the Property --
9. Risk and Frustration --
10. Delivery --
11. The Statutory Implied Terms in Favour of the Buyer --
12. Rejection and its Consequences --
13. Acceptance --
14. The Buyer's Remedies for Misrepresentation or Breach by the Seller --
15. Duties of the Buyer and Remedies of the Seller for Misrepresentation or Breach --
16. Title Conflicts between Seller or Buyer and Third Parties --
Pt. 3. Money, Payment and Payment Systems --
17. Money --
18. Payment and Payment Systems --
19. Instruments Generally --
20. Bills of Exchange --
21. Other Instruments --
Pt. 4. The Classification and Characteristics of Credit and Security --
23. The creation Enforcement and Transfer of Security Rights --
24. Principles of Perfection and Priorities --
25. The Floating Charge --
Pt. 5. Specific Forms of Secured Business Finance --
26. General Financing Considerations --
27. Conditional Sale and Hire-Purchase --
28. The Finance Lease --
29. Financing against Stock and Receivables --
30. Guarantees --
Pt. 6. Corporate Insolvency --
31. Principles of Corporate Insolvency Law --
Pt. 7. International Trade and Finance --
32. The Characteristics and Organization of International Sales Transactions --
33. The Vienna Convention on International Sales --
34. Documentary Sales --
35. The Financing of International Trade --
36. Rights and Duties of the Sea Carrier --
37. Conflicts of Law --
Pt. 8. The Resolution of Commercial Disputes --
38. Commercial Litigation --
39. Commercial Arbitration --
Pt. 9. Envoi --
40. Final Reflections.
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This Sixth edition of Goode on Commercial Law has been retitled Goode and McKendrick on Commercial Law and it remains the first port of call for the modern day practitioner with its theoretical and practical coverage of commercial law in both a national and an international context. This highly acclaimed and authoritative text, which is regularly cited by all courts from the Supreme Court downwards, combines a deep theoretical analysis of foundational principles with a practical approach in the context of typical commercial and financial transactions. It is also replete with diagrams and specimen forms covering a wide range of transactions.

Key updates for this new edition include:

- Analysis of a number of high-profile Supreme Court decisions on aspects of commercial law (including retention of title clauses, insolvency, letters of credit and arbitration)
- Covers Incoterms 2020 and the Business Contract Terms (Assignment of Receivables) Regulations 2018
- The chapters on payment and money have been re-written to reflect the extensive changes that have taken place in the regulation of payment systems and the increasing reliance on electronic communications and the emergence of cryptocurrencies
- Recent developments in commercial contract law include the principles applicable to the interpretation of contracts, the regulation of no reliance and basis clauses and the emergence of negotiating damages
- New sections have been added on the importance of certainty in commercial law and the relationship between law and technology, particularly as it relates to cryptoassets and cryptocurrencies and electronic signatures
- Consideration is given to the implications of Brexit for the future of commercial law