Written for students on law, accountancy and banking degree schemes, this book focuses on many of the conceptual and practical issues associated with modern commercial practice.;The book covers the subject by looking at the transactions within the distribution process - sale and supply, creditand payement, secured financing, corporate insolvency and the resolution of commercial disputes. By approaching the subject in this way, it is possible to identify common principles and themes running through the distribution process.;The author has drawn upon both primary and secondary legalmaterials. The primary materials are reports of cases, legislation and conventions and the secondary materials include articles in periodicals.