Explain the duties of principals and agents

 

Legal Environment Final Case Study

 

For your final case analysis, you will need to make use of the assigned text on Abraham Lincoln’s legal practice, as well as Our Common Law. There are two parts.

Part 1: Principal and agent

First, explain the duties of principals and agents, one to another. Second, identify and explain at least one example from the Lincoln book that shows how Lincoln fulfilled (or failed to fulfill) the duties of an agent to his principal. Your explanation of the example from the Lincoln book should be substantive enough that it is clear how the example fulfills or fails to fulfill the duty in question, and should also cite to the page number(s) in the text where the example comes from.

Part 2: Causes of action

Choose at least one legal matter that Lincoln handles that is a type of legal matter that is discussed in Our Common Law. First, explain the relevant law of the type of legal matter, as set forth in Our Common Law. Second, explain how the legal from the Lincoln text reflects (or departs from) the relevant law

 

LINCOLN BOOK:

Title: Lincoln the Lawyer
Author: Brian Dirck
ISBN: 978-0252076145
Publication Date: 2008

 

MEMORANDUM

 

To:                   [Recipient’s Name]

From:               [Writer’s Name]

Date:               [Date]

Re:                   [Short (less than one sentence) description of topic or assignment]

 

 

Summary

 

[The summary is a critical portion of any memorandum.  It should alert the reader to the topic under consideration, your conclusion and/or recommendation, and any critical law or facts that the reader should know, even if the reader only reads the summary.]

 

Background

 

[Generally, providing background information (mostly factual information) will be critical because the reader may or may not know the facts that are important to the legal question.  In addressing scripted hypotheticals, however, the hypothetical usually contains all of the relevant background and including it is unnecessary since the background section would be little more than a retelling of the information contained in the hypothetical.]

 

Relevant Law

 

[Provide a summary of the relevant legal issues.  For instance, in a negligence case, list the different elements of a negligence claim.  In addition, if there are defenses that you think are relevant, identify them and list the elements of the defense.  Normally, this section should be in the format of a paragraph, though, in some cases, a numbered list can be useful.]

 

Analysis

 

[Apply the relevant law to the facts and explain your conclusion(s) and recommendation(s).  If there is factual information that you do not have, but that could change your conclusion(s) and/or recommendation(s), identify the factual information that is lacking and explain its significance.]