Dialogue Agency law is very important in a basic undergraduate law course in that it represents a synergy of two otherwise distinctive bodies of law: contracts and torts. Because these topics are a precondition to a good foundation to agency‚ I never teach agency before having taught both contracts and torts. In addition‚ I have found it useful to remind students of the constant interplay that goes on between these two areas of law. For example‚ I will go through the creation of the agency relationship
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Ms.Abdullah Oral/Written Composition Effects Of The Current Stand Your Ground Law Michael Brown was an 18 year old African American teenager‚ who was fatally shot by Darren Wilson a white ferguson police officer. Darren wasn’t charged because of the Stand Your Ground law. A Stand Your Ground law is a law that authorizes a person to protect and defend one’s life and limb against threat or perceived threat. This law states that an individual has no duty to retreat from any place he or she has a lawful
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for completion of the job rather than time worked. Worker performs work requiring high skills or significant training. 2. How do agency relationships arise? Agency relationships arise via agreement of the parties‚ by ramification‚ by estoppel‚ or by operations of law. The agreement generally does not need to be in writing nor does it require consideration. Agency relationships formed for an illegal purpose or contrary to public policy are not enforceable. 3. What duties do agents and principals
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Technology and Communication Paper Communication and technology are two things that are considered extremely important in a law-enforcement agency. Over the last 20 years technology has grown smarter‚ faster and has become cheaper to law-enforcement agencies as well as the public. Overtime technology has moved from pay phones to smart phones and television waves to digital high-definition picture. There are two main specialized databases that have recently been upgraded to better serve police forces
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AGENCY LAW: PRINCIPAL-AGENT RELATIONSHIP 1. Agency a. Principal tells an agent what to do‚ they create an agreement b. Created by a contract – manifestation of consent c. Why care about agency law? Lawyer - agent and employer - principal d. There’s a liability on the employer on the actions of its employee e. If you’re an employee‚ and you run into a pedestrian who gets injured – pedestrian will sue the company not employee (deep pockets) torts
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In my analysis Robert was an agent. An agent is a party who agrees to act on behalf of another. Agency relationships are formed when a principal (employer) and the agent (person acting on the principals behalf) agree on a working arrangement in which the agent acts on the behalf of the principal. The Agency is governed by a large body of common law known as agency law (Cheeseman‚ 2010). In this scenario the local electronic superstore is the principal and Robert is the agent doing the delivering
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Introduction For a contract to appear in the situation of the question‚ one of agent employed to do any act for another while one of principal which is represented in business transactions….. Issues Ian had been assigned to be in charge of an art gallery that owned by Sarah while she is away on a business trip. Ian understood that he cannot buy any item for the gallery without approval and cannot offer a discount on any displayed items without Sarah’s permission. While Sarah is away‚ Ian sold an
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LST2LBA LAW OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SEMESTER 1 2011 Assignment 2 Wincy Lo ID: 17000168 MONDAY 2:00pm Dr Philipp Maume 19 May 2011 To determine if Glamour Developments Pty Ltd (Glamour) is liable to pay Sarah‚ whether or not Jane had authority to enter into such contracts on behalf of Glamour must be established. To establish the existence and type of authority an agent has in terms of acting on behalf of the principal‚ we must examine agency law‚ the indoor management rule and the
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Erald Bocova Week Five Individual Work 1 Instructor Merdaud Jafarnia If a third person has no knowledge about the fact that the agent is acting for a principal‚ then both the agency and the principal is known as undisclosed ones. The agent of an undisclosed principal can be held liable on the contract as the real obligor as she contracted in that capacity. Similarly‚ an undisclosed principal can also be held liable as he must also assume its burdens. The liability of an
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recover from Software. Respondeat Superior is A legal doctrine‚ most commonly used in tort‚ that holds an employer or principal legally responsible for the wrongful acts of an employee or agent‚ if such acts occur within the scope of the employment or agency. Here C went to the mall to buy a present for his wife‚ not on the business of Soft. Will Software Inc. be liable to the owners of Jimmy’s Bar? What about Jimmy’s mom? The same theory of Respondeat Superior would apply to both cases. Soft will
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