Construction Law Casebook 2nd Edition

The Construction Law Casebook is a compilation of U.S. construction case law.  Its collection includes opinions from the U.S. federal courts, the state courts, and federal agencies.  It is a companion to the textbook Construction Law: Contracts, Risks and Regulations. The thirty cases within explore topics that are introduced and elaborated upon within the first fifteen chapters of this textbook. Two cases are presented for each chapter.
The intended audience of this casebook is the student of construction management - or a closely related design or engineering discipline - at the associate, undergraduate or graduate level and their built-environment educators. The practitioner in design, engineering or construction management will also find this casebook to be a useful learning tool. Its real value, however, is less about conveying factual knowledge than it is about advancing the reader’s ability to understand and apply that knowledge. Advancing that ability prepares students and practitioners alike to make more informed decisions in their careers.
All cases have been formatted to improve readability. In-text citations have been changed to footnotes. The numbering of footnotes is continuous across all chapters. Some of the documentary evidence within an opinion has been moved to exhibits that are appended at the end of the opinion. Comments by the editor are so noted in the text and footnotes. Discussions of jurisdictional issues, civil procedure, and other content not germane to the purposes of this casebook are omitted. Wherever these omissions are substantial the editor has provided a short summary of omitted content in the footnotes. Commentary by the editor, test your knowledge questions, and challenge questions are provided at the end of each chapter. The “test your knowledge questions” solicit short essay answers. The “challenge questions” solicit true/false, yes/no, or multiple choices requiring further explanation of the chosen answer.
Readers are encouraged to research construction law cases at LexisNexis Academic, Westlaw, university libraries and free online sources such as Findlaw, Cornell’s Legal Information Service, and the Library of Congress’s Thomas site. Citations to Lexis, and federal and state reporters are included with each case to help facilitate scholarly research and study.