Corporate law

It is envisaged that the general principles of the law of contracts provided in the PECL will be ..... in what may eventually become a European Civil Code.

..... examples of agency relationships include those between officers and corporations, between employees and employers, and between real-estate and other specialized agents and their clients.

Despite the fact that specific rules concerning certain of those agency relationships have evolved, there remains a ..... law of agency with substantial application across diverse legal contexts.

Courts responding to cases relating to the scandals have focused on the legal relationships among principals, agents, and ..... third parties.

The law of agency is based on the Latin ..... 'Qui facit per alium, facit per se', which means 'he who acts through another is deemed in law to do it himself'.

Adequate consideration is a benefit which a party receives which reasonably and fairly ..... them to make the promise/contract.

Certain promises that are not considered contracts may, in limited circumstances, be enforced if one party has relied to his ..... on the assurances of the other party.

Normally, a mortgage is paid in ..... that include both interest and a payment on the principle amount that was borrowed.

Many states have ..... comprehensive products liability statutes.

The PR firm was forced to give the receptionist overtime pay, as her ..... did not include answering calls from 8 am until well after 6 pm each day!