A Topic of Moral Theology

Brokers and Agents

The middleman in a bargain: what he may charge, what he owes each party, and whether he may keep what a merchant remits to him.

Also asked about as…

commission · middleman (ed.)

In the index as Broker (Proxeneta) · Sale · Auction · Monopoly · Buying-Selling · Crier · Mohatra · Seller · Assignment · Buying and selling · Clayton Trust Bill · Contract · Fictitious · Mandate · Pact · Price · Procurators · Servants · Tailor · Title · Utility

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Fourth. On Contracts, Question First. On Contrac…, Article Fifth. On Purchase…, Section 4. On Sales in Species, nn. 605 & 606 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § VI, Point II. On Some Buyings and Sellings in Species, n. 902 — III. Buying and selling through a broker. 1. Notion. A broker is called one who buys or sells in the name of another, and therefore obliges that other person - not himself - toward the one with whom he deals. Some are pu… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XI. On Mandate and on Quasi-contract, n. 1112 — What is mandate, and what is its nature? - Mandate, insofar as it is a contract, can be defined: a contract by which one of the contracting parties commits to the other the management of some business to be performed in … Read in context →

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, XII. On Sale and Purchase, nn. 1169, 1170, 1171 & 1172 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, Second Part. On Contracts …, Sect. II, Ch. I, Art. III, § IV. On Sale Through Brokers, nn. ¶1, 915 & 916 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. IV, Ch. III, Art. I, § 2. ON CERTAIN SALES IN SPECIES, nn. ¶5, ¶1140 & ¶1141 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, SECOND PART: ON CONTRACTS …, Ch. I, Art. II, § IV. On Sale through Brokers, nn. ¶1005, ¶1006 & ¶1007 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. III, Question One: On Purchase …, Article II: On Sale Through Brokers, nn. 525, 526 & 527 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. II, Sect. II, Ch. I, Article III. On the Principal Species of Sales, nn. 536, 537, 538, 539, 539, Q. 2, 540, 541, 542, 542, Q. 2, 542, Q. 3, 543, 544, 544, Q. 2 & 544, Q. 3 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Buying and Selling — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Tanquerey · Koch–Preuss · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Concina, Compendium · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · Slater, Cases I · The Casuist · Slater, Questions · Decretals of Gregory IX — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)