Talk:Law of agency/Archives/2012

Expansion of Agent/Principal Relationship Discussion
It would be nice to have a discussion of which agent/principal relationships are regulated by law.
 * The question demonstrates that you do not understand a great deal about law. For the law to apply, the court must first find that the relationship of principal and agent exists. Only then can the law regulate the relationship. There are no specific relationships nominated for this purpose. It is the function of one person representing the interests of another that is significant. David91 12:34, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

well after being buried with commercial law assignments on Agency rule and functions of an agent and how the south african law governs principal/agent relationship. i have come to the conclusion that more needs to be written on Agency within the south african context. Busie 09:10, 2 september 2008 (cida city campus)

Agency is not necessarily commercial
This article and Agent (law) are both too closely bound to the notion of agency in the commercial context. Agency law also applies in public law as well, at least in the United States; all government employees act as agents of their respective department head and through them, as agents of the sovereign people. When I have the time I will research and revise this mess, though anyone else who knows more about this is welcome to do so first. --Coolcaesar 20:37, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * apparently two years later, this article still only deals with the small facet of commerical law in the law of agency. Chapter 6 of the Restatement Third of Agency deals with contracts with third parties. Legis Nuntius (talk) 06:45, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Merge proposal re: Agency (law) and Agent (law)
These should be merged, as they cover the same ground; an agent is one who has the power of agency; agency is the power that makes one an agent. Either way, it's a single topic. bd2412 T 00:13, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure that the two articles should be merged. Agency Law is a free standing body of legal philosophy that is well developed and used in most modern countries.  Agency as a legal concept may be distinct and deserve its own article.Onefinalstep (talk) 15:13, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry I misread your post. I thought you wanted to merge it with agent.  I do think that this article should be merged.  Also I think it needs to be placed inside the legal portal.Onefinalstep (talk) 15:13, 6 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I've merged them. The article needs quite a bit of work. I've added some things, but I'd need to come back to it later.  Wik idea  10:17, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Sexist language in article
Here is one sentence for example: "An agent who acts within the scope of authority conferred by her principal binds the principal in the obligations she creates against third parties."

My rhetorical question is, why can't men act as agents?

I have fixed the problem in the article by changing "she" to "he or she." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hanxu9 (talk • contribs) 10:54, 3 September 2011 (UTC) doing drugs — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.94.71.78 (talk) 12:37, 18 October 2011 (UTC)