AN APPRAISAL OF THE CONCEPT AND SCOPE OF AGENCY RELATIONSHIP UNDER THE NIGERIAN COMMERCIAL LAW

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dc.contributor.authorKARU, Miriam Elisha
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-04T08:22:30Z
dc.date.available2016-02-04T08:22:30Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.descriptionBEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS OF LAW (M.A LAW) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCIAL LAW FACULTY OF LAW, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIAen_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT Agency relationship from its origin, presents situation where a person (principal) is bound by the acts of another (the agent) and he (the principal) takes the rights and obligations arising out of such relationship is therefore, an exception of the doctrine of privity of contract which generally disentitles a person from acquiring any right or obligation arising from any contract to which he is not a party. Agency relationship arises when a person is vested with authority by another to enter into a legal transaction on his behalf. The two basic ingredients for agency relationship are authority and consent. However, in the course of this research, the finding of the writer is that the doctrine of privity of contract disentitles a person from acquiring any right under or being subjected to any obligation arising from a contract to which he is not a party to the contract. Thus, a contract cannot confer enforceable rights or impose obligations arising under it on any person except parties to it, this event, further constituted a statement of problem of the research. In view of this, the objective of this research is to identify the basic rules of agency relationship vis-à-vis their adequacy or otherwise in practice. In this regard therefore, the research finally concluded by recommending that the law should provide an avenue for redress to genuinely affected persons who the strict common law interpretation of privity of contract might have deprived of such. Such that even a perfect stranger could be awarded damages if infringement is proved. The sources of information relied upon here are relevant text materials, statute, journals (both local and international), judicial authorities and e-materials.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7353
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAPPRAISALen_US
dc.subjectCONCEPTen_US
dc.subjectSCOPEen_US
dc.subjectAGENCYen_US
dc.subjectRELATIONSHIPen_US
dc.subjectNIGERIANen_US
dc.subjectCOMMERCIALen_US
dc.subjectLAWen_US
dc.titleAN APPRAISAL OF THE CONCEPT AND SCOPE OF AGENCY RELATIONSHIP UNDER THE NIGERIAN COMMERCIAL LAWen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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