Legal Research Guides by Course - Construction Law

Course Description

This course will consider the law pertaining to the construction contracting process, including formation of the contract, administration, claims, dispute resolution, mechanics' liens and constructions bonds, with particular emphasis on Pennsylvania law. (2 credits)

Faculty Who Teach This Course:

• William D. Clifford, Esq. (adjunct professor)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:

Print Collection

KF865 Government Contracts - Construction and Building
KF899-KF900 Mechanics' Liens
KF901-KF902 Contract for Work and Labor - Building and Construction
KF1950 Regulation of Industry, Trade and Commerce - Construction and Building Industry
KF5691-KF5710 Zoning and Building Laws
KFP155.5 Pennsylvania Mechanics' Liens
KFP155.8.B8 Pennsylvania Contract for Work and Labor - Building and Construction
KFP275 Pennsylvania Regulation of Industry, Trade and Commerce - Construction and Building Industry
KFP458-KFP459 Pennsylvania Zoning and Building Laws

Legal Research Databases

• Bloomberg BNA Online
• Bloomberg Law
• CCH Library - Intelliconnect
• Hein Online
• Legal Scholarship Network
• Lexis Advance
• Westlaw Next
• LoisLaw Treatises under Construction Law Library - http://www.loislaw.com/pns/index.htp?content=/pns/start.htp

Construction Law in General

• Construction Law Review (Pepper Hamilton & LexisNexis) - http://www.constructlaw.com/
• Construction (FindLaw) - http://library.findlaw.com/construction-law/
• Construction Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/construction-law.html
• Construction Law Today - http://www.constructionlawtoday.com/

Pennsylvania Construction Law

• Construction Law from Contract to Closeout in Pennsylvania (Lorman Education Services) - http://www.stradley.com/library/KingsleyConstructionSeminar.pdf
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Construction Law Compendium (USLaw Network) - http://www.uslaw.org/files/public/PA_Construction_09.pdf

Mechanic's Liens

• Construction Law Survival Manual: Mechanic's Liens in Pennsylvania (Fullerton & Knowles) - http://www.fullertonlaw.com/construction-law-survival-manual/mechanics-liens-in-pennsylvania.html
• Pennsylvania Construction Lien Law (USLegal) - http://constructionliens.uslegal.com/state-laws/pennsylvania-construction-lien-law/

Pennsylvania Construction Contracts

• Fundamentals of Construction Contracts (Lorman Education Services) - http://www.harvpenn.com/LormanConstructionSeminar.pdf
• Commonwealth Construction Contracts (Pa Dept. of General Services) - http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/document/55753/construction_contracts_pdf

Construction Bonds

• Construction Bond Guide (Clark Wilson) - http://www.cwilson.com/publications/construction/construction-bonding-guide.pdf
• Surety Bonds Explained (SBA) - http://www.sba.gov/content/surety-bonds-explained
  What is a Bid Bond in Construction (eHow) - http://www.ehow.com/about_5485230_bid-bond-construction.html

Building Codes

• NAFFA Building Code Resources - http://www.naffainc.com/
• Pennsylvania Building Codes (Reed Construction Data) - http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/building-codes/pennsylvania/

Blogs

• Construction Law Blog (K & L Gates) - http://www.klconstructionlawblog.com/articles/articles-and-publications/
• Construction Law Blog (Fox Rothschild) - http://constructionlaw.foxrothschild.com/
• Construction Lien Blog - http://www.zlien.com/blog/

DCLI Webpage Links

• Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
• Legal Research Guides: Contract Law

Course Listed Under the following Law School Concentrations

• Real Property & Estate Planning

rev. 3-14-2013
Patricia Horvath