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975363
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b729733
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Architect's legal handbook : : the law for architects /\ edited by Anthony Speaight, Gregory Stone.
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| Edition Statement
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8th ed.
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Amsterdam ;Boston :: Architectural Press,, 2004.
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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1417549645
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: 9781417549641
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| Notes
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Previous edition: 2000.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Front Cover; Architect's Legal Handbook; Copyright Page; Contents; Editor's preface; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Part One: General principles of law; 1. Introduction to English law: Anthony Speaight QC; 1. The importance of law; 2. Sources of law; 3. Legal history; 4. The legal systems of the United Kingdom; 5. The scheme of this book; 2. The English law of contract: Alaxander Hickey; 1. Introduction; 2. Scope of the law of contract; 3. What is a contract?; 4. Intention to create legal relations; 5. Consideration; 6. Agreement; 7. Terms of a contract
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12. Conclusion4. English land law: Martin Dixon; 1. Land law and conveyancing distinguished; 2. The extent and meaning of 'land' and instrusions upon it; 3. Easements; 4. Restrictive covenants; 5. Landlord and tenant; 6. Surveys of property to be purchased; 7. Mortgages; 8. Business tenancies -- architects' offices; 9. Estoppel; 5. Introduction to Scots law: Peter McCormack; 1. Law and Scotland; 2. Sources; 3. Courts and the legal profession; 4. Branches of the law; 6. Scots land law: Angus Stewart QC; 1. Introduction; 2. Title to heritage and title conditions
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2. History of the Joint Contracts Tribunal3. The JCT family of forms; 4. Building contracts in Scotland; 5. Building contracts in Northern Ireland; 9. The JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, 1998 edition: Muhammed Haque; 1. Articles of Agreement; Part 1: Conditions: General; 2 Clause 1: Interpretation, definitions, etc.; 3. Clause 2: Contractor's obligations; 4. Clause 3: Contract sum -- additions or deductions -- adjustment -- interim certificates; 5. Clause 4: Architect's/contract administrator's instructions; 6. Clause 5: Contract documents -- other documents -- issue of certificates
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3. Other restrictions on heritable property4. Sale of land and buildings; 7. Introduction to Northern Ireland's legal system: Jonathan L. Dunlop and Brian Sherrad; 1. Background; 2. Northern Ireland's constitutional history; 3. The courts and the judiciary; 4. The legal profession; 5. Sources of law; 6. Limitation periods; 7. Contract law in Northern Ireland; 8. Law of tort in Northern Ireland; 9. Northern Ireland land law; Part Two: The law of building contracts; 8. Introduction to building contracts: Anthony Speaight QC; 1. The nature of building contracts
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8. Exclusion clauses, UCTA, and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 19999. Standard term contracts; 10. Misrepresentation; 11. Performance and breach; 12. Privity of contract; 13. Agency; 14. Limitation under the Limitation Act 1980; 3. The English law of tort: Vincent Moran; 1. Introduction; 2. Negligence; 3. The Defective Premises Act 1972; 4. Nuisance; 5. The rule in Rylands v Fletcher; 6. Trespass; 7. Breach of statutory duty; 8. Inducing breach of contract/wrongful interference with contract; 9. Limitation periods; 10. Remedies; 11. Apportionment of liability
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| Abstract
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The Architect's Legal Handbook is the established leading textbook on law for architectural students and most widely used reference on the law for architects in practice.This eighth edition includes all the latest developments in the law that effect an architect's work. A key addition is a greatly expanded section on adjudication - a topic that has become hugely important in the last few years. The book also builds on the comprehensive coverage of all UK law, with editors for Scotland and Northern Ireland expanding their sections.
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Architects-- Legal status, laws, etc.-- Great Britain.
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Building laws-- Great Britain.
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Architects-- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Building laws.
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LAW-- Military.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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343.4107872
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KD2978.A73 2004eb
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Speaight, Anthony.
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Stone, Gregory,MA.
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