Legal Aspects of Code Administration Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
Legal Aspects of Code Administration Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions Liability - Correct Answer Legal obligation to perform some act. Why is it crucial that building officials learn to cope with public scutiny that results from lwgally defending their activities? - Correct Answer Lawsuits continue to be brought against building officials. Why should a attorney from your state with expertise in municipal law be consulted concerning the law relating to building codes? - Correct Answer The law differs from state to state and municipality to municpality. Historical cycle of building code adoption. - Correct Answer 1-Ignorance & freewheeling construction. 2-Degeneration of construction tecniques & population increase. 3-Disaster strikes 4-Adoption & promulgation of building codes. Name 3 early tragedies caused by freewheeling construction. - Correct Answer 1-Collapse of a Roman amphitheater in 27 A.D. 2- Citywide fires in London in 1212 & 1666. 3- The Chicago fire of 1871. ultra vires - Correct Answer Liiterally,"beyond the powers." An entity has acted beyond the scope of its power. null and void - Correct Answer Having no legal force of binding effect. Dillon's Rule States that a m
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