Agency
Agency is a vague area of law whereby a person, called the "principal," makes an agreement with another person, called an "agent," to act on the principal's behalf in a legal relationship with a third person, called the "third party." As with most contractual relationships, the intent of the parties plays an enormous part in the legal outcome. For example, what if the agent, while representing the principal in a legal relationship with a third party, makes his or her own independent agreement with that third party about an unrelated matter? Is the principal entitled to the benefit of that independent agreement? What was the agent's intent? What was the third party's intent?
Public administrators may function as either agents or principals. Accordingly, a public administrator must be able to analyze a situation for agency agreements. If a public administrator cannot successfully analyze agency agreements, he or she may unknowingly create agency agreements, act inappropriately, or damage the reputation of the agency he or she is serving.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the assigned pages of Chapter 10 in the course text The Study of Law: A Critical Thinking Approach (4th ed.). Reflect on situations in which the public administrator may be an agent or in which the public administrator might create an agent.
Review the article "Contract Law: An Introduction." Focus on the section "oral contracts" to explore how traditional contract elements can be present in quick, oral communications.
Consider the scope of an agent's authority to impose an obligation on his or her organization.
Consider the formation of an oral contract.
Reflect on any insights you had and conclusions you drew about contracts during your preparation.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post a 300 word explanation by Thursday January 26, 2017
regarding
the scope of an agent's authority to impose an obligation on his or her organization. Be specific, explaining whether an oral contract exists, and why or why not. Then, explain at least one insight you had or conclusion you drew about contracts.
Support your work with proper APA citations from the Learning Resources and any other sources.
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1. Agency
Agency is a vague area of law whereby a person, called the
"principal," makes an agreement with another person, called an
"agent," to act on the principal's behalf in a legal relationship
with a third person, called the "third party." As with most
contractual relationships, the intent of the parties plays an
enormous part in the legal outcome. For example, what if the
agent, while representing the principal in a legal relationship
with a third party, makes his or her own independent agreement
with that third party about an unrelated matter? Is the principal
entitled to the benefit of that independent agreement? What was
the agent's intent? What was the third party's intent?
Public administrators may function as either agents or
principals. Accordingly, a public administrator must be able to
analyze a situation for agency agreements. If a public
administrator cannot successfully analyze agency agreements,
he or she may unknowingly create agency agreements, act
inappropriately, or damage the reputation of the agency he or
she is serving.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the assigned pages of Chapter 10 in the course text The
Study of Law: A Critical Thinking Approach (4th ed.). Reflect
on situations in which the public administrator may be an agent
or in which the public administrator might create an agent.
Review the article "Contract Law: An Introduction." Focus on
2. the section "oral contracts" to explore how traditional contract
elements can be present in quick, oral communications.
Consider the scope of an agent's authority to impose an
obligation on his or her organization.
Consider the formation of an oral contract.
Reflect on any insights you had and conclusions you drew about
contracts during your preparation.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post a 300 word explanation by Thursday January 26, 2017
regarding
the scope of an agent's authority to impose an obligation on his
or her organization. Be specific, explaining whether an oral
contract exists, and why or why not. Then, explain at least one
insight you had or conclusion you drew about contracts.
Support your work with proper APA citations from the Learning
Resources and any other sources.
