Business - Health and Safety in Brief, 4th Edition - (John Ridley) Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann 2008.pdf

Health and Safety
...in brief
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Health and Safety
. . . in brief
Fourth Edition
John Ridley
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Contents
Preface ix
Part 1 Law 1
1 Legal processes 3
Historical background 3
Branches of law 5
Types of court 7