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Karsten Åström

Karsten Åström

Professor emeritus

Karsten Åström

Imitating Private Business in Public Procurement: Swedish "affärsmässighet".

Author

  • Karsten Åström
  • Jan Bröchner

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.

Department/s

  • Department of Sociology of Law

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

213-227

Publication/Series

Journal of Public Procurement

Volume

7

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Topic

  • Law and Society

Keywords

  • law
  • norms
  • sustainable development
  • sociology of law
  • business
  • rättssociologiska enheten
  • rules
  • public procurement

Status

Published

Project

  • Procurement for Sustainability in Construction: The Development of Local Government Practices, part II

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1535-0118