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Principles of the Law of Agency [Pehme köide]

(University of Nottingham, UK)
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  • Ilmumisaeg: 07-Oct-2013
  • Kirjastus: Hart Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1841138851
  • ISBN-13: 9781841138855
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 234 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 234x156x12 mm, kaal: 340 g
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  • Kirjastus: Hart Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1841138851
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Agency is a pervasive institution, fundamental to commercial activity, inherent to legal personality, enabling against deteriorating capacity. This new work provides a fresh, succinct examination of the principles of agency law exploring the rules of attribution, the rights and obligations arising within the agency relationship, the impact of agency in the fields of contract and tort, and the termination of an agent's authority. Throughout the book, full consideration is given to the issues arising under the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993. The discussion is informed not only by common law authority that constantly nourishes the development of agency law principle, but also by international soft law instruments and the Restatement of the Law, Third: Agency.

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a fresh, succinct examination of the principles of agency law exploring the rules of attribution, the rights and obligations arising within the agency relationship, the impact of agency in the fields of contract and tort, and the termination of an agent's authority. Throughout the book, full consideration is given to the issues arising under the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993. The discussion is informed not only by common law authority that constantly nourishes the development of agency law principle, but also by international soft law instruments and the Restatement of the Law, Third: Agency. a clear, accessible analysis of the principles of agency law that is succinct, yet rigorous and critical. It is of interest both to experienced practitioners and also to students looking for an approachable text on this topic. * German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce Oct 2003 * The book is intelligently written and Professor Bennett articulates his ideas in clear and precise language... a succinct and accessible book. -- Cynthia Hawes * New Zealand Law Journal * This book is excellently produced to the high standards of Hart Publishing and is a most welcome and stimulating addition to the literature of a topic to which increasing attention is being paid. -- Francis Reynolds * Law Quarterly Review, Volume 130 * Howard Bennett's Principles of the Law of Agency...provides a generally up-to-date and thorough overview of the principal features of English agency law, together with valuable citation of Commonwealth, Hong Kong and Singaporean authority. -- Gerard McMeel * Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly *

Preface v
Table of Cases
xiii
Tables of Legislation
xxxv
1 Agency: A Flexible Institution
1(14)
Introduction
1(1)
Definition; a Variable Nexus of Relationships
2(1)
Disclosed and Undisclosed Agency
3(1)
Authority, Consent, and Power: Principles of Attribution
4(2)
Agency and Contract
6(1)
Attribution and Legal Personality
7(1)
Attribution and Context
8(2)
Remuneration
10(1)
Intermediaries as Agents or Principals: Optional Relationship Structures
11(3)
Simultaneously Agent and Principal
14(1)
2 Commercial Agency
15(24)
Commercial Background
15(1)
The European Directive
16(3)
The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993
19(1)
The Definition of `Commercial Agent'
20(8)
The Basic Definition
20(1)
`Self-employed'
20(2)
`Continuing Authority'
22(1)
`Sale or Purchase of Goods'
23(3)
`Negotiate' or `Negotiate and Conclude'
26(1)
`On Behalf of Another Person ("The Principal"), or ... on Behalf of and in the Name of that Principal'
27(1)
No Further Requirement Imposed or Permitted
28(1)
Agents Specifically Excluded from Commercial Agency
29(1)
Sub-agents
29(1)
Secondary Activities
30(6)
`Secondary': The Essential Enquiry
30
Indicators of a Paragraph
2(33)
Purpose
35(1)
Commercial Agents Presumed to Act as such in a Secondary Capacity
36(1)
Burden of Proof
36(1)
Territorial Applicability
36(3)
The General Rule
37(1)
The Exceptions
37(1)
Commercial Agency in Great Britain but Choice of Law of Another Member State
37(1)
Commercial Agency Outside Great Britain but Choice of English Law
38(1)
3 Actual Authority
39(11)
Scope of Actual Authority
39(3)
Necessity
42(2)
Delegation
44(5)
Whether Delegation Authorised
44(1)
Consequences of Authorised Delegation
45(4)
Formalities
49(1)
4 Apparent Authority
50(17)
Juridical Nature of Apparent Authority
50(2)
Apparent Authority Within the External Aspect of Agency
52(1)
The Basic Requirements for Apparent Authority
52(5)
A Representation of Authority
53(1)
Reliance
54(3)
Fraud and Forgeries
57(1)
Representation by or on Behalf of the Principal
57(7)
Undisclosed Principals
64(3)
5 Ratification
67(18)
The Nature of Ratification
67(1)
Ratifiable Acts
68(2)
Ascertainability of the Principal
70(2)
Competence of the Principal
72(1)
Existence of the Principal
72(1)
Knowledge of the Principal
73(2)
How Ratification is Effected
75(1)
The Retrospectivity of Ratification
76(3)
Principal and Third Party
77(1)
Principal and Agent
77(2)
Unfair Prejudice
79(5)
Loss of the Right to Ratify
84(1)
6 Agents' Obligations
85(28)
Performance Obligations
85(4)
Fiduciary Obligations
89(24)
The Content of Agents' Fiduciary Obligations
90(6)
Monitoring and Challenging an Agent's Conduct
96(1)
Remedies Arising out of Breach of Fiduciary Obligation
97(1)
Remedies in Respect of the Agency Relationship
97(1)
Remedies in Respect of a Transaction Induced in Breach of Fiduciary Duty
98(1)
Consequential Financial Remedies against the Agent
99(1)
Account of Profits
100(1)
Money Had and Received
101(1)
Equitable Allowance
101(1)
Equitable Compensation
102(1)
No Double Recovery
103(1)
Sale by Agent to Principal
103(1)
Proprietary Remedies
104(5)
Third Party Accessory Liability for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
109(1)
Accessory Liability at Common Law in Tort
109(1)
Accessory Liability in Equity for Assistance
110(1)
Third Party Liability for Receipt
111(2)
7 Mutual Obligations in Commercial Agency
113(4)
The Import of the Obligations
113(3)
Remedies for Breach
116(1)
8 An Agent's Financial Rights Against the Principal
117(19)
Remuneration: Entitlement and Discretion
117(1)
Earning Remuneration
118(5)
Entitlement to Earn Commission
123(3)
Exclusivity Clauses
123(1)
Implied Terms not to Inhibit the Earning of Remuneration
124(2)
Commercial Agency
126(7)
Remuneration by Commission
127(1)
Entitlement to Commission (1): Transactions Concluded during the Agency
127(2)
Entitlement to Commission (2): Transactions Concluded after the Agency
129(1)
Causation and Timing
129(2)
Pre-termination Orders
131(1)
When Commission Due and Payable
131(1)
Loss of the Right to Commission
131(1)
Whether Non-Derogable
132(1)
Indemnity
133(1)
Agent's Lien
133(3)
9 Agency and Contract
136(22)
Disclosed and Undisclosed Agency
136(1)
Undisclosed Agency, the Doctrine of the Undisclosed Principal, and Commission Agency
137(1)
Disclosed Agency
138(3)
Contract Between Principal and Third Party; Agent No Standing
138(1)
Contract Attracting Personal Engagement of the Agent
139(2)
Unidentified Principals
141(2)
The Doctrine of the Undisclosed Principal
143(8)
Origins, Justification, and Theoretical Analysis
143(2)
Exclusion of Undisclosed Agency
145(2)
Insurance Contracts and Undisclosed Agency
147(2)
Protection of the Third Party
149(2)
Discharge of Payment Obligations
151(2)
Alternative Liability
153(1)
An Agent's Warranty of Authority
154(4)
10 Agency and Tort
158(11)
An Agent's Liability in Tort
158(1)
A Principal's Personal Liability in Tort
159(2)
Liability of a Principal for the Torts of an Agent
161(7)
Vicarious Liability
161(3)
Vicarious Liability for Torts of Misstatement
164(1)
Independent Contractors
165(1)
Non-Delegable Obligations
166(1)
`Representative Agency'
166(2)
Primary vs Vicarious Liability
168(1)
11 Termination of Authority
169(20)
Termination of Actual Authority
169(7)
Termination in Accordance with the Agency Agreement
169(3)
Discharge of Agency Contract
172(1)
Revocation and Renunciation of Authority
173(1)
Termination by Operation of Law
174(1)
Lasting Powers of Attorney
174(2)
Irrevocable Authority
176(1)
Termination of Apparent Authority
177(1)
Financial Reparation on Termination of Authority (1): at Common Law
178(1)
Financial Reparation on Termination of Authority (2): Under the Commercial Agents Regulations
179(10)
Commercial Agents' Entitlement to Compensation or Indemnity
179(1)
`Termination of the Agency Contract'
180(1)
Indemnity
181(1)
Compensation
182(3)
When no Entitlement to Compensation or Indemnity
185(1)
Agent Default
185(1)
Agent Termination
186(1)
Agent Assignment
187(2)
Index 189
Howard Bennett is Hind Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Nottingham.