ABSTRACT
A large proportion of contracts are made, at least on one side, through agents, since in most contracts at least one of the parties is a company and companies have to act through human beings who act on their behalf. This part of the book is concerned with the law relating to the use of agents who make contracts in this way. Three parties are involved, the principal (P), the agent (A) and the third party (T) with whom the agent negotiates so as to bring his principal and the third party into a contractual relationship. In the rest of this part, these three parties will be referred to as P, A and T respectively.
