Innovating Construction Law - Towards the Digital Age

"Innovating Construction Law: Towards the Digital Age draws together current and emerging technologies and examines how legal practice in the construction industry can respond to the challenges to its existing arrangements"--

List of contents

Section 1: Background 1. Introduction Section 2: AS IS 2. Limitations of the Construction Industry’s Approach 3. Limitations in the Legal Approach Section 3: TO BE 4. The Smart Contract in Construction 5. Perceptions in the Construction Industry of Smart Contracts? 6. Smart Contracts and the Legal System Section 4: The Steps In-Between 7. New Collaborative Directions 8. Background Provisions 9. The Steps in-Between 10. Building Information Modelling (BIM) Section 5: Online Dispute Resolution and Smart Contracts 11. Online Dispute Resolution 12. Conclusions and Next Steps

About the author

Jim Mason is Associate Head of Department, Architecture and Built Environment, Faculty of Environment and Technology, University of the West of England, UK. He is the author of Construction Law: From Beginner to Practitioner, published by Routledge.

Summary

Innovating Construction Law: Towards the Digital Age draws together current and emerging technologies and examines how legal practice in the construction industry can respond to the challenges to its existing arrangements.

Product details

• Authors: Jim Mason, Jim (University of the West of England Mason, Mason Jim
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9780367443498
• ISBN: 978-0-367-44349-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, LAW / Construction, Building construction & materials, Construction & engineering law, Building construction and materials, Construction and engineering law