| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 323 pages) : illustrations |
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Butterworth Architecture library of building control |
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Butterworth Architecture library of building control.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Architect's Legal Handbook: The Law for Architects; Copyright Page; Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction to English Law; 1 The importance of law; 2 Sources of law; 3 Legal history; 4 Construction cases within the present system; 5 The scheme of this book; Chapter 2. Introduction to Scots Law; 1 Law and Scotland; 2 Sources; 3 Courts and the legal profession; 4 Branches of law; Chapter 3. The English Law of Contract; 1 Introduction; 2 Scope of the law of contract; 3 What is a contract? |
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4 Intention to create legal relations5 Consideration; 6 'Agreement'; 7 Terms of a contract; 8 Exclusion clauses and UCTA; 9 Standard term contracts; 10 Misrepresentation; 11 Performance and breach; 12 Privity of contract and agency; 13 Limitation under the Limitation Act 1980; Chapter 4. The Law of Tort; 1 Introduction; 2 Nuisance; 3 The rule in Rylands v Fletcher; 4 Breach of statutory duty; 5 The Defective Premises Act 1972; 6 Trespass; 7 Negligence; 8 Limitation; 9 Liability of local authorities in respect of negligence in building control; 10 Contribution |
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Chapter 5. Architect's Appointment and Collateral Warranties1 The appointment; 2 Agreement of appointment; 3 Termination; 4 Ownership; 5 Conditions of engagement; 6 Speculative work and tendering for architects' services; 7 Collateral warranties; Chapter 6. Architects' Liability; 1 Introduction; 2 Liability for breach of contact; 3 Liability for carelessness in contract and in tort; 4 Liability in contract and in a tort compared and contrasted; 5 Statutory liability; 6 Measure of damages; 7 When liability is barred by lapse of time; Chapter 7. English Land Law; 1 Conveyancing |
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2 The extent of land3 Easements; 4 Restrictive covenants; 5 Landlord and tenant covenants; 6 Business tenancies -- architects' offices; Chapter 8. Scottish Land Law; 1 Introduction; 2 Corporeal heritable property and feudal law; 3 Other restrictions of corporeal heritable property; 4 Sale of land and buildings; 5 Incorporeal heritable property; 6 Corporeal movable property; 7 Incorporeal movable property; Chapter 9. Standard building contracts in England; Introduction to the Standard Form of Contract; The Standard Form of Building Contract, 1980 edition; Part 1 Conditions |
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Part 2 Nominated sub-contractors and suppliersPart 3 Fluctuations; THE SUB-CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: NSC/1, NSC/2, NSC/2a, NSC/3; JCT NOMINATED SUB-CONTRACTNSC/4; Conditions; Chapter 10. Building Contracts in Scotland; 1 Introduction; 2 The Building Contract; 3 The Scottish supplement -- Appendix I; 4 The Scottish supplement -- Appendix II; 5 Different editions of the Standard Form; 6 Nominated sub-contracts; 7 The alternative method of nomination; 8 Scottish Minor Works Contract; 9 Sub-contracts for Domestic Sub-contractors; 10 Scottish Management Contract; 11 Scottish Measured Term Contract |
| Summary |
Architect's Legal Handbook: The Law for Architects, Fifth Edition is a collection of papers including those on International Work by Architects, on European community Law affecting Architects, and the Architects' Professional Indemnity Insurance |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: AJ legal handbook. 4th ed. 1985 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Architects -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain
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Building laws -- Great Britain
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LAW -- Military.
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Architects -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Building laws
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Speaight, Anthony
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Stone, Gregory, MA.
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| ISBN |
9781483141503 |
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1483141500 |
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