Most contracts that individuals enter into are not written from scratch; rather, they depend upon forms and terms that have been successful in the past. In this paper, we study the structure of form construction contracts published by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). We show that...

The decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in M.J.B. Enterprises Ltd v. Defence Construction (1951) Ltd. deals with a number of points important to construction contracts and to contract law generally. Defence Construction invited tenders for a construction project at a Canadian Forces base....