Public Procurement and Labour Rights: Towards Coherence in International Instruments of Procurement Regulation (Studies in International Trade and Investment Law) - Softcover

Corvaglia, Maria Anna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509935185 ISBN 13: 9781509935185

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

This book investigates patterns of fragmentation and coherence in the international regulatory architecture of public procurement. In the context of the major international instruments of procurement regulation, the book studies the achievement of social and labour policies, the most controversial and problematic instrumental uses of public procurement practices.

This work offers an innovative comparative approach, discussing the ways in which the different international instruments-namely the EU Procurement Directives, the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, the UNCITRAL Model Law and the World Bank's Procurement Framework-are able to implement labour and social purposes and, at the same time, ensure a regulatory balance with the principles of efficiency and non-discrimination.

Scholarly, rigorous and timely, this will be important reading for international trade lawyers and procurement practitioners.

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About the Authors

Dr Maria Anna Corvaglia has been Lecturer in Commercial Law at the Leeds School of Law since January 2020, after having served as lecturer for three years at the University of Birmingham. Her research so far has focused on international trade law, the international regulation of public procurement and the protection of socio-environmental concerns in international economic law.

Gabrielle Marceau is Honorary Professor (Emeritus) at the University of Geneva. She is also Visiting Professor at the University of Ottawa, Law Faculty. She is a member of the board of directors of the Geneva Society for Law and Legislation and is a Counsellor of the American Society of International Law. Gabrielle Marceau has also worked at the Secretariat World Trade Organization for over 30 years, serving as a legal adviser in international disputes, in the Cabinet of Director-General Pascal Lamy, and in the Economic Research and Statistics Division.

Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer is Vice Director at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland.

Federico Ortino is a Reader in International Economic Law at King's College London, UK.

Gregory Shaffer is the Scott K Ginsburg Professor of International Law at Georgetown University Law Center, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1509935185
• ISBN 13: 9781509935185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296