Law of agency / G E Dal Pont.

Sydney : LexisNexis Australia, 2008.

2nd ed.

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Agency (Law) -- Australia.

1. Definition

2. Agency compared with other legal relationships

3. Capacity

4. Agency created by agreement

5. Agency by ratification

6. Agency arising by operation of law

7. Express authority

8. Implied authority

9. Non-delegation

10. Sources and incidents of duties

11. Duties of performance

12. Duties in equity

13. Accountability of agents

14. Secret commissions legislation

15. Agent's renumeration - contractual connection

16. Agent's renumeration - causal connection

17. Agent's renumeration - statutory requirements

18. Other agent's rights

19. Principal's rights and liabilities in contract

20. Ostensible authority

21. Agency and ostensible ownership

22. Principal's liability outside of contract

23. Agent's relationships in contract with third parties

24. Agent's liability to third parties outside contract

25. Termination of agency

26. Revocation of powers of attorney.

This book contains a discussion of Australian agency law in both a local and international context. The second edition updates both case law and legislation, and incorporates the significant statutory changes in the ACT, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Includes index.

9780409324365

lxxxii, 797 p. ; 25 cm