agency

Introduction
Historical development
- Roman law
- Medieval influence of canon law and Germanic law
- Modern developments
The rules of different systems
- The continental “commercial agent” and his functions
  - Commission agent (German Kommissionär, French commissionaire, Italian commissionario)
  - Commercial agent (German Handelsvertreter; French agent commercial, or voyageur, or représentant et placier; Italian agente)
  - Broker (German Mäkler, French courtier, Italian mediatore)
  - Sales representative
- The variety of Anglo-American agents
- Apparent authority and related questions
- Disclosed and undisclosed agency
- The external, unilateral act of authorization
- The internal agency contract
- Rights and duties between principal and agent
- Liability of principal for acts of agents
- Termination of agency

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Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.

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Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.

Hugo Grotius

Portrait of Hugo de Groot (Hugo Grotius), oil on panel by the workshop of Michiel...

Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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