J. B. Johnson epub Engineering Contracts and Specifications, Including a Brief Synopsis of the Law of Contracts and Illustrative Examples of the General and Technical ... Use of Students, Engineers, and Contractors

The leading American Engineering Schools have long needed a text-book on the subject of theL aw of Contracts andE ngineering Specifications. In the absence of any such text, this department of engineering practice has received scant and meagre treatment at the hands of these schools. This work has been written primarily to serve this purpose. After it was completed, however, it seemed to the author it might prove of value to the profession at large and also to contractors, especially those portions of it treating of theL aw of Contracts and of the General Clauses inS pecifications. While the author makes no pretension to a knowledge of law, he has read the standard authors on this subject, and has for some years lectured on contracts and specifications to his engineering students-. He has tried to follow strictly the recognized authorities in vail he has said in this work, and while he thinks his synopsis may serve as a good general guide to the fundamental principles of the subject, he recommends that the reader refer all important particular cases to his attorney, or else consult the standard works themselves. If a single volume is desired containing a general review of theL aw of Contracts, the layman can not do better than obtain that of John D. Lawson, of theL aw Department of theM issouri State University. A nother similar, and perhaps better work for the young lawyer, is that of J. P. Bishop; while Parson sthree-volume work is the recognized standard authority for the lawyer.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to