Business Contracts
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: Contract of sale
Part 2: Contract for services
Part 3: Construction contract
Part 4: Subcontracting
Section 1: Characteristics of agency agreement
Section 2: Constituent elements
Chapter 2: Related contracts
Title 2: Formation of agency agreement
Title 3: Performance of agency agreement
Title 4: End of agency agreement
457. Definition
1 minute de lecture
Article 1984 defines an agency agreement (mandat) as an act by which one person empowers another to do something for and on behalf of the principal. Originally envisaged more as a friendly service by the drafters of the Civil Code, this institution has developed into one of the most common business contracts, along with the contract for services. Whether legal or judicial in origin, agency agreeme …