Karsten Åström
Professor emeritus
Imitating Private Business in Public Procurement: Swedish "affärsmässighet".
Författare
Summary, in English
While implementing the EC Procurement Directives in Swedish legislation, there remains a reference to 'business-like' (affärsmässig) practice as an external system of norms. The problem is that the term a. might contradict non-economic considerations in the award of contracts. Municipal procurement is often managed by professionals with limited legal expertise, and diverging practices are found. In recent years, the term a. has spread to court practice in other fields and even to one act belonging to private law. The term a. appears as a chameleon, since when used in a context of private law, it conveys a sense of transparency and objectivity traditionally associated with the operation of the legal system rather than with private business practices.
Avdelning/ar
- Rättssociologiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2007
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
213-227
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Public Procurement
Volym
7
Issue
2
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Ämne
- Law and Society
Nyckelord
- law
- norms
- sustainable development
- sociology of law
- business
- rättssociologiska enheten
- rules
- public procurement
Status
Published
Projekt
- Procurement for Sustainability in Construction: The Development of Local Government Practices, part II
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1535-0118