MR LAX
But it couldn't possibly have been that.  In this case the course and scope goes to the nature of his employment and that is, where does he reside and where does his authority come from, but his authority to do act X, is only given with regard to the specific authority for that act.  So in other words, that would in all accounts, if one looks at it in a logical way, one would say: "I did the pre-study, the pre-study was approved, I was told go ahead with the act as set out in the pre-study, or as varied by any other suggestions".  That is the plan, your instruction is to follow the plan.  Are you saying it doesn't matter that he didn't follow the plan, as long as the instruction was to kill?