Explain for each of the following statements whether the agent has liability to the third party.
a.The agent enters into a contract on behalf of its principal with a third party.Unknown to the agent,its principal had died two months previously.
b.The agent acts on behalf of an undisclosed principal.The agent acting on behalf of the principal enters into a contract with the third party.The contract is made in the agent's name,and the circumstances surrounding the contract show that the agent categorically described himself as a principal throughout the negotiations.
c.The agent enters into a contract with the third party but represents himself neither as a principal nor an agent.
d.he agent enters into a contact with the third party.Prior to entering the contract,the agent advised the third party that he was acting on behalf of a principal that did not wish to disclose its name at the present time.
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