The Law As Architecture

Author : Brian M. McCall
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780268103361

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The Architecture of Law by Brian M. McCall Pdf

This book argues that classical natural law jurisprudence provides a superior answer to the questions “What is law?” and “How should law be made?” rather than those provided by legal positivism and “new” natural law theories. What is law? How should law be made? Using St. Thomas Aquinas’s analogy of God as an architect, Brian McCall argues that classical natural law jurisprudence provides an answer to these questions far superior to those provided by legal positivism or the “new” natural law theories. The Architecture of Law explores the metaphor of law as an architectural building project, with eternal law as the foundation, natural law as the frame, divine law as the guidance provided by the architect, and human law as the provider of the defining details and ornamentation. Classical jurisprudence is presented as a synthesis of the work of the greatest minds of antiquity and the medieval period, including Cicero, Aristotle, Gratian, Augustine, and Aquinas; the significant texts of each receive detailed exposition in these pages. Along with McCall’s development of the architectural image, he raises a question that becomes a running theme throughout the book: To what extent does one need to know God to accept and understand natural law jurisprudence, given its foundational premise that all authority comes from God? The separation of the study of law from knowledge of theology and morality, McCall argues, only results in the impoverishment of our understanding of law. He concludes that they must be reunited in order for jurisprudence to flourish. This book will appeal to academics, students in law, philosophy, and theology, and to all those interested in legal or political philosophy.

Author : Linda Mulcahy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136862199

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Legal Architecture by Linda Mulcahy Pdf

Legal Architecture addresses how the environment of the trial can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice. It provides an alternative account of the trial, which charts the troubled history of notions of due process and participation. In contrast to visions of judicial space as neutral, Linda Mulcahy argues that understanding the factors that determine the internal design of the courthouse and courtroom are crucial to a broader and more nuanced understanding of the trial. Partitioning of the courtroom into zones and the restriction of movement within it are the result of turf wars about who can legitimately participate in the legal arena and call the judiciary to account. The gradual containment of the public, the increasing amount of space allocated to advocates, and the creation of dedicated space for journalists and the jury, all have complex histories that deserve attention. But these issues are not only of historical significance. Across jurisdictions, questions are now being asked about the internal configurations of the courthouse and courtroom, and whether standard designs meet the needs of modern participatory democracies: including questions about the presence and design of the modern dock; the ways in which new technologies threaten to change the dynamics of the trial and lead to the dematerialization of our primary site of adversarial practice; and the extent to which courthouses are designed in ways which realise their professed status as public spaces. This fascinating and original reflection on legal architecture will be of interest to socio-legal or critical scholars working in the field of legal geography, legal history, criminology, legal systems, legal method, evidence, human rights and architecture.

Author : BEVERLEY M. MCLACHLIN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0433504978

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CANADIAN LAW OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING. by BEVERLEY M. MCLACHLIN Pdf

Author : Jill J. Ramsfield
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 0314223800

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The Law as Architecture by Jill J. Ramsfield Pdf

By coordinating form and function, structure and style, you can create harmonious, unified documents that are accurate and elegant. Just as architects design buildings to meet specific purposes and cater to their clients' needs, so lawyers design documents. You can design as architects do: by interviewing clients, understanding the products they have in mind, and designing documents accordingly. This book uses architecture as a visual guide to the legal writer's daily questions: How big should it be? Who is going to use it? What do they want? Who takes priority? How many sections? How are they connected?

Author : Matthew Cousins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317588702

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Architect's Legal Pocket Book by Matthew Cousins Pdf

A little book that's big on information, the Architect's Legal Pocket Book is the definitive reference on legal issues for architects and architectural students. This handy pocket guide covers key legal principles which will help you to quickly understand the law and where to go for further information. Now in a fully updated new edition, this bestselling book covers a wide range of subjects focused on the UK including building legislation, negligence, liability, planning policy and development, listed buildings, party wall legislation, and rights of light. This edition also contains greater coverage of contracts including the RIBA contracts, dispute resolution and legal issues in professional practice. Illustrated with clear diagrams and featuring key cases, this is an invaluable source of practical information and a comprehensive guide of the current law for architects. It is a book no architect should be without.

Author : Brian M. Samuels,Doug R. Sanders
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-31
Category : Architects
ISBN : 0137004087

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Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering and Geoscience by Brian M. Samuels,Doug R. Sanders Pdf

AutoCAD 2015 for Interior Design and Space Planning helps students understand the commands and features of AutoCAD 2015 and demonstrates how to use the program to complete interior design and space planning projects. Covering both two- and three-dimensional drawings, the text provides abundant exercises that walk students step-by-step through the use of AutoCAD prompts and commands. Using numerous illustrations, the text captures the essence of this powerful program and the importance it plays in the interior design, architecture and space planning professions. Features include: · Covers new AutoCAD 2015 interface · Progresses from basic commands to complex drawing exercises. · Provides over 100 exercises and projects. · Highlights seven projects appropriate for interior design, space planning and architecture students. · Includes coverage of the AutoCAD DesignCenter · Covers solid modeling in two chapters

Author : Hadeel S. Abu Hussein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000486056

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The Struggle for Land Under Israeli Law by Hadeel S. Abu Hussein Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive examination of land law for Arab Palestinians under Israeli law. Land is one of the core resources of human existence, development and activity. Therefore, it is also a key basis of political power and of social and economic status. Land regimes and planning regulations play a dynamic role in deciding how competing claims over resources will be resolved. According to legal geography, spatial ordering impacts legal regimes; whilst legal rules form social and human space. Through the lenses of international law, colonisation and legal geography, the book examines the land regime in Israel. More specifically, it endeavours to understand the spatial strategies adopted by Israel to organise the entire territorial expanse of the country as Jewish, while also excluding Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of East Jerusalem from the landscape. The book then details how the systematic nature and processes of marginalisation are mapped out across the civil, political and socio-economic landscape. This monograph will be of interest to international legal theorists, legal geographers, land lawyers and human rights practitioners and students; as well as to international scholars, NGOs and others focusing on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Author : Justin Sweet,Marc M. Schneier
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1111578710

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Legal Aspects of Architecture, Engineering and the Construction Process by Justin Sweet,Marc M. Schneier Pdf

The primary focus of this text is to provide a bridge for students between the academic world and the real world. This bridge is built through an understanding of what is law, how law is created, how law affects almost every activity of human conduct, and how legal institutions operate. Intended mainly for architectural and engineering students, but increasingly for those in business schools and law schools, this text features a clear, concise, and jargon-free presentation. It probes beneath the surface of legal rules and uncovers why these rules developed as they did, outlines arguments for and against these rules, and examines how they work in practice. Updated with the most recent developments in the legal aspects of architectural, engineering, and the construction processes, this text is also a valuable reference for practitioners and has been cited in over twenty-five court decisions. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Author : David Frydrych
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030760397

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The Architecture of Rights by David Frydrych Pdf

What is a right? What, if anything, makes rights different from other features of the normative world, such as duties, standards, rules, or principles? Do all rights serve some ultimate purpose? In addition to raising these questions, philosophers and jurists have long been aware that different senses of ‘a right’ abound. To help make sense of this diversity, and to address the above questions, they developed two types of accounts of rights: models and theories. This book explicates rights modelling and theorising and scrutinises their methodological underpinnings. It then challenges this framework by showing why the theories ought to be abandoned. In addition to exploring structural concerns, the book also addresses the various ways that rights can be used. It clarifies important differences between rights exercise, enforcement, remedying, and vindication, and identifies forms of legal rights-claiming and rights-invoking outside of institutional contexts.

Author : David Chappell,Michael H. Dunn
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781118907733

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The Architect in Practice by David Chappell,Michael H. Dunn Pdf

Throughout its many editions, The Architect in Practice has remained a leading textbook used in the education of architects. While the content of the book has developed, the message and philosophy has remained constant: to provide students of architecture and young practitioners with a readable guide to the profession, outlining an architect's duties to their client and contractor, the key aspects of running a building contract, and the essentials of management, finance and drawing office procedure. The eleventh edition follows in that tradition. The text has been brought up to date to ensure it follows the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013 as the guide to the architect’s workflow. In addition, a number of changes to standard forms of contract were made with the publication of the JCT 2011 suite of contracts, and the RIBA Standard Form for the Appointment of an Architect 2010 (2012 Revision). These new forms are fully covered. In addition, the opportunity has been taken to reorganise the layout so that the content flows in a way that is more consistent with current architectural practice, and to deal with the increasing use of BIM. The eleventh edition of The Architect in Practice continues to provide the guidance and advice all students and practising architects need in the course of their studies and in their profession.

Author : R Gambier-Bousfield
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020947675

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Architects and the Law by R Gambier-Bousfield Pdf

This is a comprehensive survey of the legal issues faced by architects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author, R. Gambier-Bousfield, was a prominent Canadian architect and lawyer who had extensive experience in the field. He collected and analyzed a wide range of legal cases that dealt with issues such as contracts, liability, and professional conduct. The book provides valuable insights into the challenges faced by architects during this period and sheds light on the development of the legal framework governing the profession. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in architecture, law, or the history of professional practice. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : John Wevill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000726695

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Law in Practice by John Wevill Pdf

Intensely practical and clearly written, Law in Practice: the RIBA Legal Handbook is the RIBA’s jargon-free, professional guide to the law as it relates to a construction project. It addresses all the fundamental, up-to-date issues of contemporary construction law, allowing architects to make sound judgements, avoid disputes, and run projects on a safer basis. This new edition has been fully updated to reflect the new RIBA Plan of Work 2013 – the industry’s framework for construction projects – as well as recent case law and other legal updates that the practising architect needs to be aware of. Why does an appointment need to be written? Why does language matter? What is a novation? What does an overall cap on liability mean, and how can you convince a client to agree one? How do you assess an extension of time? When should you notify your insurer of a potential claim? Law in Practice answers all of these questions and many more.

Author : Kathryn Horste
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0472107496

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The Michigan Law Quadrangle by Kathryn Horste Pdf

A delightful guidebook to one of Michigan's architectural gems

Author : Robert Greenstreet,Karen Greenstreet,Brian Schermer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136389184

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Law and Practice for Architects by Robert Greenstreet,Karen Greenstreet,Brian Schermer Pdf

Provides a framework for understanding of the legal, contractual and procedural implication of architectural practice. The book acts as a useful aide-memoire for students and practitioners based on the premise that smooth legal administration will provide the conditions under which client relations can be constructive and good design can be achieved.

Author : Robert F. Herrmann,Menaker & Herrmann LLP
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780393733822

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Law for Architects: What You Need to Know by Robert F. Herrmann,Menaker & Herrmann LLP Pdf

An essential reference for practitioners, emphasizing how legal concepts affect the process of bringing architectural vision to reality. Law for Architects: What You Need to Know guides design professionals through the daunting landscape where design and construction meet the legal system. It provides an introduction—written in clear, reader-friendly language—to issues that arise at every stage in the practice of architecture. For architects starting or building their own practice: Why do I need a written agreement with my clients? Why do I need insurance? How do I organize my firm? For seasoned architects considering retirement: How do I transfer ownership in my company? How can I benefit from the good will I helped to build? For students who want to learn more about the practicalities of starting out: Why is it important to have a license? Isn’t it enough to have a degree in architecture? What are my rights as an employee? It also addresses the perennial questions that concern architects: How do I protect myself from being sued? How do I protect my intellectual property rights in my work? and much more. Law for Architects identifies the legal issues that lurk in every corner of your design practice and helps you figure out what questions you need to ask.