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Keenan and Riches’
BUSINESS LAW
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Also available:
Smith and Keenan’s
LAW FOR BUSINESS
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ENGLISH LAW
TEXT AND CASES
Smith and Keenan’s
COMPANY LAW
Smith and Keenan’s
COMPANY LAW
WITH SCOTTISH SUPPLEMENT
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Ninth Edition Keenan and Riches’
BUSINESS LAW
Sarah Riches and
Vida Allen
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First published in Great Britain under the Pitman Publishing imprint in 1987
Second edition published 1990
Third edition published 1993
Fourth edition published 1995
Fifth edition published 1998
Sixth edition published under the Longman imprint in 2002
Seventh edition published 2005
Eighth edition published 2007
Ninth edition published 2009
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Riches, Sarah.
Keenan and Riches’ business law. – 9th ed. / Sarah Riches and Vida Allen.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Business law / Denis Keenan, Sarah Riches. 7th ed. 2005.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-4058-9964-2 (pbk.)
1. Business law–England. 2. Business law–Wales. I. Allen, Vida. II. Keenan, Denis J.
Business law. III. Title. IV. Title: Business law.
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