PublishedFederation Press, May 2023 |
ISBN9781760024444 |
FormatHardcover, 603 pages |
When government entities make contracts, the ordinary law of contract is only a part of the law that is engaged. The seventh edition of Government Contracts: Federal, State and Local is a legal textbook, for both practitioners and participants, on the mixture of private and public law that is peculiar to all types of government contracting, apart from employment.
The mixture of public and private law raises some difficult problems and is, at times, controversial. The focus is on the legal aspects and consequences of governments choosing to use contract and does not attempt to investigate the theoretical underpinnings of the contractualisation of government. It does, however, engage with the principal practical issues that need to be considered by government personnel. One specific area which raises a number of problems is outsourcing, in particular the outsourcing of human services.
This book is therefore an essential resource for lawyers advising government or a counter-party in a government contract. It is also written to make the legal issues accessible to public servants or supplier personnel involved in the process.
