Legal Treatises by Subject

The definitive reference on general and limited partnership law covering formation and dissolution of partnerships, partnership property, enforcement of rights and obligations, dissolution and winding up, liability, litigating among partners, continuation of dissolved partnership; authored by experts who drafted substantial portions of the Revised Uniform Partnership Act.

This text covers information regarding the Revised Uniform Partnership Act (RUPA) that has been adopted by about half of the states, and other developments, such as the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), have significantly changed partnership law. Basic agency concepts have been persuasive in shaping the development of statutory liabilities, especially in the area of sexual harassment, and the influence of agency law will only increase in the coming years.

This work offers valuable guidance on business relationships, including those between officers and corporations, employees and employers, and real estate and other specialized agents and their clients. Application of agency doctrines to organizations is discussed at length with useful illustrations. Volume 1 covers principles of attribution, creation and termination of authority and agency relationships, ratification, and notifications and notice. Volume 2 covers contracts and other transactions with third parties, torts-liability of agent and principal, and duties of agent and principal to each other.