Designed for a variety of courses in business studies and gives a good background to the law content embodied in BTEC courses. In addition the book covers the requirements of law syllabuses at A-level and at the intermediate stage set by many professional bodies including those for accountants, bankers, builders, surveyors and estate agents, hospital administrators, and of the legal subjects offered by RSA, LCCI and NEBSM. For the general reader, the book provides excellent background to English legal practices and institutions.