Angus Law
Biographic Data
| ID | 5899209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angus Law |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angus |
| FAMILY NAME | Law |
| SIGNATURE | LAW A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7829-434X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Freedom without responsibility
Professional status rests upon a social contract in which society allows specialists to monopolise certain roles on the understanding that they will do so ethically and with appropriate competence. Mechanisms to police such behaviour can be left to professional groups to organise or be legislated for by government, or some combination of the two. In the UK an opportunity to formalise the professional status of engineers arose with the publication…
Vive La Résistance? Standard fire testing, regulation, and the performance of safety
Because fire safety cannot be measured directly, building regulation uses test ratings to determine whether materials and products meet societal expectations. Fire resistance constitutes the most enduring means of gauging fire safety, providing ratings for how elements of structure perform in a standard furnace test. Although it has long been known that this test is unrepresentative of real building fires, fire resistance testing remains central …
Performing Expertise in Building Regulation
Fire safety expertise was in great demand following the Grenfell Tower fire in London in June 2017. The government established a review of building regulations and an expert panel to inform its responses to Grenfell, and many other relevant organisations also formed their own expert panels. However, expert knowledge in fire safety is a highly contested domain, with knowledge claims based on differing sources. Fire fighters can claim expertise bas…
Performing Expertise in Building Regulation
Fire safety expertise was in great demand following the Grenfell Tower fire in London in June 2017. The government established a review of building regulations and an expert panel to inform its responses to Grenfell, and many other relevant organisations also formed their own expert panels. However, expert knowledge in fire safety is a highly contested domain, with knowledge claims based on differing sources. Fire fighters can claim expertise bas…
Performing Expertise in Building Regulation
Fire safety expertise was in great demand following the Grenfell Tower fire in London in June 2017. The government established a review of building regulations and an expert panel to inform its responses to Grenfell, and many other relevant organisations also formed their own expert panels. However, expert knowledge in fire safety is a highly contested domain, with knowledge claims based on differing sources. Fire fighters can claim expertise bas…
Vive La Résistance? Standard fire testing, regulation, and the performance of safety
Because fire safety cannot be measured directly, building regulation uses test ratings to determine whether materials and products meet societal expectations. Fire resistance constitutes the most enduring means of gauging fire safety, providing ratings for how elements of structure perform in a standard furnace test. Although it has long been known that this test is unrepresentative of real building fires, fire resistance testing remains central …
Freedom without responsibility
Professional status rests upon a social contract in which society allows specialists to monopolise certain roles on the understanding that they will do so ethically and with appropriate competence. Mechanisms to police such behaviour can be left to professional groups to organise or be legislated for by government, or some combination of the two. In the UK an opportunity to formalise the professional status of engineers arose with the publication…
Business (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Fire safety (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Civil engineering (2 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Risk analysis (engineering (2 works)