This book offers an in-depth examination of the law on government contracts and develops a challenging approach which views government contracts from a public law perspective as opposed to a matter for private law.

Anne Davies is Fellow and Tutor in Law at Brasenose College, Oxford, and Reader in Public Law at the University of Oxford. Her teaching and research interests are in Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Employment Law. She has published extensively in both fields, including Accountability: A Public Law Analysis of Government by Contract (OUP, 2001), and Perspectives on Labour Law (CUP, 2004).

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Regulating Government Contracts


• 3: The Public Law Perspective


• 4: The Decision to Use Contract


• 5: Awarding the Contract


• 6: Dealing with Policy Changes


• 7: Contract Management


• 8: Government Contractors: Public or Private?


• 9: Social and Environmental Goals


• 10: Employment Matters


• 11: Conclusions and Future Prospects