Executive Summary Various issues in the common law arise when agents make contracts on behalf of principals. Should a principal be bound when his agent makes a contract on his behalf that he would immediately wish to disavow? The tradeoffs resemble those in tort‚ so the least-cost avoider principle is useful for deciding which agreements are binding and can unify a number of different doctrines in agency law. In particular‚ an efficiency explanation can be found for the undisclosed-principal rule
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Business law *CONTRACT 1) consent- both parties agreed to the conditions of the contract The OFFER should be certain. *Vices of consent (contract is voidable) 1) error or mistake- honest mistake in the amount/ contract. Ex: error in number of units 2) violence or force- forced someone to sign a contract. You never really want to sign it. 3) intimidation or threat or duress- same with number 2. 4) undue influence- ex: superior talking to an employee “if you did not sign the contract meaning
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Definition of Law a. Law is defined as a set of rules and principles by which a community regulates its activities. b. Law is different and yet similar because it can be applied differently across various borders. c. Unlike law‚ internal rules and regulations of clubs‚ societies and other organizations may only be enforced within the group that governs them. d. Law is therefore concerned with the legal rights and obligations of individuals‚ business organizations‚ various entities
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included contracts of utmost good faith‚ statement which are only partially true or distort the truth‚ and the statement which are true at the time of making but change before the contract is entered into. There must be a false statement of fact or law as oppose to opinion or estimate of future events in the case of Bisset v Wilkinson3. At the same time the representation must be untrue. And the person making the representation must know that it is false‚ or not believe in its truth‚ or be recklessly
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than $75‚000 in potential damages may be filed in a federal court. 2. ｂ : n the legal system of the United States‚ a long arm statute is a law which allows a court to exercise jurisdiction over people and companies in other states. owever‚there are a number of ways in which jurisdiction is limited. In the case of a long arm statute‚ the law involved is the law limiting personal jurisdiction‚ determining where people can be tried on the basis of their residence and connections. Normally‚ a court in
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Class: SUD1 Business Law Assignment 2 Law of Tort and Negligence Business Law Assignment 2 Law of Tort and Negligence Memo To: Padmanaban Badri Narayanan. From: Doan Le Khanh Vy (Ivy). Regarding: Report On Common Law. Date: 9th December 2012. I am Ivy from class SUD11‚ Sunderland of University. I write this memo to you in order to aid you comprehend my work easier. I have spent a great deal of time for this assignment. This is the first time I study law‚ so there a great
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deliberate intent to cause harm that exists when a person makes a statement with either knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard of the truth. actual malice is required to establish defamation against public figures. appropriation In tort law‚ the use by one person of another person’s name‚ likeness‚ or other identifying characteristic without permission and for the benefit of the user. assault any word or action intended to make another person fearful of immediate physical harm—a reasonably
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Lakeview Developments is a development company which plans to demolish the house and build some apartments. The contract was signed by Nicole and was also signed ’for and on behalf of Lakeview Developments Pty Ltd’ by Anthony Blunt‚ who showed her his business card describing him as the ’Developments Manager’ of Lakeview Developments. Nicole has just been informed by the company that‚ as Developments Manager‚ Anthony did not have authority to enter into the contract and the company
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Business Law Name: Course: Instructor: Date: Business Law Legal Issue Both parties entered into a legally binding contract. The legal issue is a breach of contract. For a contract to be legitimate‚ it must have the following three elements; an offer must be made; there must be acceptance‚ and finally there must be consideration. Facts: The defendant entered into a legal agreement with the plaintiffs‚ Jackson Boris and Klara Koop. The defendant made an offer
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agreement during their employment. They both left CH20 and went to work for Meras. According to their non-compete agreement from MERAS v. CH2O‚ INC Northern District of California (2013) “after they ceased working for CH20 they would not work for “any business of similar nature to that of [CH20] which is in competition with [CH20]” for the period of three years” When Beriner and Sughroue went to work for Meras they violated their non-compete agreement by not waiting the specified three years before taking
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