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===It takes three to tango=== | ===It takes three to tango=== | ||
The problem is that a contract, by well-trodden legal theory, depends upon the state of mind of two people, whereas where an agency exists, the necessary parts of that consensus can live variously between the minds of ''three''. A may have appointed B, without C knowing. B may have represented to C without A knowing. C and A might not know about each other at all. | The problem is that a contract, by well-trodden legal theory, depends upon the state of mind of two people, whereas where an agency exists, the necessary parts of that consensus can live variously between the minds of ''three''. A may have appointed B, without C knowing. B may have represented to C without A knowing. C and A might not know about each other at all. | ||
In this way it resembles playing {{tag|cricket}} with a [[runner]]. Anyone who has ever done that will know the boundless possibilities for confusion and acrimony it presents. | |||
===[[Capacity and authority]]=== | ===[[Capacity and authority]]=== | ||