LEGAL ASPECTS OF CODE ADMINISTRATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1. Liability: Legal obligation to perform some act. 2. Why is it crucial that building officials learn to cope with public scutiny that results from lwgally defending their activities?: Lawsuits continue to be brought against building officials. 3. Why should a attorney from your state with expertise in municipal law be consulted concerning the law relating to building codes?: The law differs from state to state and municipality to municpality. 4. Historical cycle of building code adoption.: 1-Ignorance & freewheeling con- struction. 2-Degeneration of construction tecniques & population increase. 3-Disaster strikes 4-Adoption & promulgation of building codes. 5. Name 3 early tragedies caused by freewheeling construction.: 1-Collapse of a Roman amphitheater in 27 A.D. 2- Citywide fires in London in 1212 & 1666. 3- The Chicago fire of 1871. 6. ultra vires: Liiterally,"beyond the powers." An entity has acted beyond the scope of its power. 7. null and void: Having no legal force of binding effect. 8. Dillon's Rule States that a municipal corporation has only those powers which are.: 1-ex- pressly granted to it by charter or other
Document information
- Uploaded on
- November 21, 2023
- Number of pages
- 11
- Written in
- 2023/2024
- Type
- Exam (elaborations)
- Contains
- Questions & answers
