Agency ― Law and Principles

"This clear and accessible study of the law of agency is suitable as both a useful reminder of the principles of agency law for experienced practitioners and an approachable text for those coming to the study of the subject for the first time. The work explains the general principles of the law of agency and their application, as well as the activities of particular classes of agents operating in the major commercial fields - notably, finance and banking, and international trade. Problematic areas such as the apparent authority of an agent, undisclosed agency, want of authority and ratification, and the effects of termination, are discussed in detail." "The book gives prominence to the Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 and the resultant body of English and European case law, which have become a regular feature of the commercial practitioner's work."--BOOK JACKET.

Roderick Munday, Director of Studies and Reader in Law, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge

Roderick Munday is a Reader in the Faculty of Law and Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Peterhouse.


Dr Munday currently lectures in the Law Faculty at Cambridge on the Law of Contract, Commercial Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminal Evidence, and Comparative Law. His research interests are varied, but largely centre upon the Law of Evidence, Comparative Law and legal method. Dr Munday holds a part-time visiting professorial appointment at the University of Paris II, and in the past has held visiting chairs at the University of Paris I, the University of Poitiers, the University of Kansas, the Victoria University of Wellington, and the University of Florida.


Having completed his undergraduate studies in Law at Cambridge, Dr Munday began research towards a doctorate. After teaching at the Institut de Droit Compare, Universite Pantheon-Assas Paris II, he was elected into a Research Fellowship at St. Catharine's College, but shortly afterwards translated to Peterhouse as an Official Fellow.