Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context

Name: Contract Law in the Construction Industry Context
Brand: CRC Press > University of Arkansas.

CRC Press > University of Arkansas.

Contract Law in the Construction Industry ContextAuthor(s): Carl J. Circo\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367346195, 978-0367346195\nSynopsis\nThis book chronicles how contract cases from the construction industry have influenced, solidified, refined and particularized [url] contract law. The books central claim is that the construction industry experience has helped to contextualize [url] contract law and, therefore, has encouraged the common law to be more receptive to flexible legal standards and practices and less constrained by the relatively rigid rules that often characterize contract law. Other scholarly books analyze the themes, values, standards, and principles of contemporary contract law, but none captures how construction industry relationships and practices have influenced the common law of contracts.\n\nAfter providing an overview of construction law as a specialty of the practicing bar and as a f.