The Unauthorised Agent: Perspectives from European and Comparative Law »

Danny Busch is an attorney-at-law with De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Amsterdam, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Business & Law Research Centre, University of Nijmegen.

Laura J. Macgregor is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Commercial Law at the Law School, Edinburgh University.

Focuses on a highly significant issue in agency law: the legal situation created when an agent acts without authority.

Table of cases

1 Introduction Danny Busch Busch, Danny Laura MacGregor MacGregor, Laura 1

Pt. 1 The civilian legal systems 15

2 Unauthorised agency in French law Severine Saintier Saintier, Severine 17

3 Unauthorised agency in Belgian law Ilse Samoy Samoy, Ilse 61

4 Unauthorised agency in German law Martin Schmidt-Kessel Schmidt-Kessel, Martin Ana Baide Baide, Ana 100

5 Unauthorised agency in Dutch law Danny Busch Busch, Danny 136

Pt. 2 The common law 183

6 Unauthorised agency in English law Cheng-Han Tan Tan, Cheng-Han 185

7 The Restatement (Third) of Agency and the unauthorised agent in US law Deborah A. Demott Demott, Deborah A. 219

8 Unauthorised agency, the American Restatements and other common law countries Francis Reynolds Reynolds, Francis 245

Pt. 3 Mixed legal systems 259

9 Unauthorised agency in Scots law Laura MacGregor MacGregor, Laura 261

10 Unauthorised agency in South African law David Yuill Yuill, David 300

Pt. 4 International 'codes' 339

11 Unauthorised agency in the Principles of European Contract Law Danny Busch Busch, Danny 341

12 Unauthorised agency in the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts 2004 Danny Busch Busch, Danny 362

Pt. 5 Conclusions 383

13 Comparative law evaluation Danny Busch Busch, Danny Laura MacGregor MacGregor, Laura 385

14 Comparative conclusions Danny Busch Busch, Danny Laura MacGregor MacGregor, Laura 439

Bibliography 449

Index 465