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Follow‐up empirical study of the performance of the New South Wales construction industry security of payment legislation
Michael Charles Brand, Thomas UherThe purpose of this paper is to report on findings of follow‐up research into the performance of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), which…
Anti‐social behaviour law and policy in the United Kingdom: Assessing the impact of enforcement action in the management of social housing
Simon Hoffman, Peter K. Mackie, John PritchardThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of enforcement action on individuals and families living in social housing as a mode of intervention for dealing with…
Building control systems of European Union countries: A comparison of tasks and responsibilities
João Branco Pedro, Frits Meijer, Henk VisscherThe purpose of this paper is to compare the tasks and responsibilities of public and private parties in the building control systems of the 27 European Union (EU) countries.
Privatisation of building code enforcement: a comparative study of regimes in Australia and Canada
Jeroen van der HeijdenThe paper aims to document the effects of the privatisation of building code enforcement regimes. It notes that privatisation is generally accompanied by trade‐offs between…
Perceptions of occupiers' liability risk by estate managers: A case study of memorial safety in English cemeteries
Luke Bennett, Carolyn GibbesonThe purpose of this paper is to present a socio‐legal case study, examining how the legal notion of “reasonable safety” provision has come to be constructed by municipal cemetery…