Contracts and the legal environment for engineers and architects
| Main Author: | BOCKRATH, Joseph T. (-) |
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| Other Authors: | PLOTNICK, Fredric L. (-) |
| Format: | Book |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
New York
McGraw-Hill
, 2011
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| Edition: | 7th ed |
| Subjects: |
Daftar Isi:
- Evolution of engineering and law
- Legal systems in the United States and the world
- Substantive v. procedural law
- Systems of courts
- Types of contracts
- Formation of contracts
- Procedural issues in formation of contracts
- Terms and conditions
- Privity and third-party beneficiaries
- Construction and interpretation
- Discharge of obligations
- Issues with discharge by performance
- Remedies for breach of contract
- Agency
- Partnerships
- Corporations
- Insurance
- Bonds and suretyship
- Federal statutes and regulations
- Definition and scope of torts
- Torts based upon intentional actions
- Torts based upon negligent actions
- Torts without fault
- Procedural issues relating to torts
- Professional liability for architects and engineers
- Real and personal property
- Above and below : air, water, and mineral rights
- Intellectual property
- Contracts for construction projects
- Drawings
- Specifications
- Specifications for workmanship
- Specifications for materials
- General conditions
- Clauses relating to finance
- Proposals
- Advertising for bids
- Duty to design : engineering v. statutory codes
- The engineer's role in litigation
- The engineer's role in arbitration.