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Adjudication formal legal process to resolve a dispute 5000 years ago the evolution of modern building began earliest and most rudimentary of building codes was developed in the Babylonian Empire around 2000 BC In London, one of the earliest building codes the Assize of Buildings the great Chicago Fire was in what year 1871 fire lasted 2 days , killed 250 people, and destroyed 17,000 buildings great Chicago fire great diciding line in local governm...

Ch 1 (pg 1) Introduction Ch 1 (pg 2) top Litigation Wave Ch 1 (pg 2) bottom Legal Concepts and Factual Situations Ch 1 (pg 3) top Subsequent Chapters Ch 1 (pg 3) middle Appendix Ch 1 (pg 3) bottom Index of Terms Ch 2 (pg 5) Name of Chapter Historical Overview Ch 2 (pg 6) Early Building Codes Ch 2 (pg 7) Development of Modern Codes Ch 3 (pg 9) Name of Chapter Local Governmental Law Ch 3 (pg 10) Forms of Local Governm...

SOURCES OF LAW Common, statutory, administrative COMMON LAW a judicial decision that may be used as a standard in subsequent similar care RES JUDICATA "the thing is decided" - refers to that which has been previously acted on or decided by the courts STARE DECISIS "let the decision stand" - provides that when a decision is rendered in a lawsuit involving a particular set of facts, another lawsuit involving an identical or substantially similar situation is to be reso...

What is/are the most important document(s) that a code official and building department have to determine what the building or contractor is doing on site? I. Building Permit II. International Zoning Code III. International Building Code IV. Application for Building Permit I and IV only Reference(s): 2002 Legal Aspects of Code Administration pg. 32 Which of the following documents should not be accepted by a building department? A. The name and address of the contractor that...

Contract An agreement between competent parties for legally sufficient consideration for a legal purpose in the form required by law (if any) Purpose of a Contract To provide legal recourse should one or more of the parties not perform its obligations as set forth in the contract. Express Contracts Those in which the parties have an oral agreement or have reduced agreements to writing. (Written preferred, as oral contracts can not always be enforced by the court). Implied...

Intentional wrongdoing Involves a willful act that violates another person's interests. Intentional Not only must the action be intentional, but the perpetrator must realize that the action will result in harm. Intentional Tort Includes: Assault and Battery, False Imprisonment, Defamation of Character, Fraud, Invasion of Privacy, Infliction of Mental Distress, and Products Liability. Assault The infringement on the mental security or tranquility of another person. No ac...

Absolute Immunity A policy of protecting public officials from tort liability. A high-level executive officer cannot be held liable for his or her discretionary acts or omissions. Abuse of Process The improper use of various litigation devices. The elements of this tort are: 1) an ulterior purpose; and 2) a willful act in the use of the process not proper in the regular conduct of the proceedings. Abut Two parcels of land that physically touch one another. Acquit To set ...

Legal Aspects of Code Enforcement Part II exam questions and answers

Short Title 162.01 Local Government Code Enforcement Boards Act Intent 162.02 It is the intent of this part to promote , protect , and improve the health, safety. and welfare of the citizens of the counties and municipalities of this state by authorizing the creation of administrative boards with authority to impose administrative fines and other noncriminal penalties. Applicability Each county may, at its option, create or abolish by ordinance local government code enforcement ...

Educated in the universisties and permitted to perform all types of operations; inferior to physicians. long-robe surgeons barbers; allowed only to leech and shave the patient; inferior to physicians short-robe surgeons the production and discharge of pus suppuration deals with the relationships between individuals and government public laws deals with the relationships among individuals or private parties Tort Contract actions private law a civil wrong ag...