Contracts and the legal environment for engineers and architects /
343.73078624BOC
Bockrath, Joseph T.
Contracts and the legal environment for engineers and architects / by Joseph T. Bockrath [and] Fredric L. Plotnick.- 7th ed.-New Delhi:McGraw Hill Education ,2013.
xxvii,589p. :ill.;26cm(pbk)
content: 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.
Note: Includes index
ISBN:9789351340041 Rs. 565.00 ISBN:935134004x Rs. 565.00
DBAD/PUB /ENG-109645/ EN-93178 / 565.00 /sign