The second edition of Legal Aspects of Business: Texts, Jurisprudence, and Cases is a comprehensive textbook designed especially for postgraduate students of business management. It presents a complete, all inclusive jurisprudence and supplements the concepts with numerous cases, exercises, and profiles of legal luminaries. The book is divided into six parts. Part I introduces the reader to Business Jurisprudence. As the contract law is foundation to all business laws, Part II, Commercial Jurisprudence, on Mercantile Law discusses the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and its features at length. The Sale of Goods Act, 1930, the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881, The Indian Partnership Act, 1932, the Companies Act, 2013, and the Competition Act, 2002 are also covered in depth. Part III, Financial Jurisprudence, covers the laws related to finance and banking at length. Part IV, Labour and Industrial Jurisprudence, covers the laws related to wages, workers’ social security, and industrial relations. Part V, Aspects of New Economy and Jurisprudence, throws light on laws related to information and communication, intellectual property rights, and environment protection. Part VI, Judicial and Social Jurisprudence, is devoted to business and criminal liability and basic rights and business. The book also offers valuable insights to practitioners to arrive at legally sound decisions in various business situations

Business management and jurisprudence -- The Indian Contract Act, 1872 -- The nature of Indian Contract Act, 1872 -- Undertaking by the Indian Contract Act, 1872 -- The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 -- The Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 -- The Indian Partnership Act, 1932 -- The Companies Act : transition from 1956 to 2013 -- The Companies Act, 2013 : the administration and management of a company -- The Companies Act, 2013 : the administration and management of a company -- The Companies Act, 2013 : the control and governance of a company -- The Competition act, 2002 -- The Sick Industrial Companies Repeal act 2003 and guidelines on insolvency -- Law of carriage of goods -- Consumer-related laws -- Economic laws of land and property -- Laws of securities contract regulation -- Banking laws -- Laws of insurance -- Laws of taxation -- The law of foreign exchange and prevention of money laundering -- The laws of wages -- The laws of workers' social security -- The laws of industrial relations -- Laws related to information and communication -- Laws related to intellectual property rights -- Laws related to environmental protection -- Business and criminal liability -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Basic rights and business.