Public Procurement and Labour Rights: Towards Coherence in International Instruments of Procurement Regulation [Hardcover]

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.

Introduction
I. General Overview
II. Premise and Scope of the Study
III. Comparative Research Framework and Methodology
IV. Structure of the Research
1. International Regulatory Framework of Public Procurement: From Fragmentation to Coherence
I. Introduction
II. The Challenges of Fragmentation in International Economic Law
III. Fragmentation in the International Regulatory Architecture of Public Procurement
IV. From Fragmentation to Coherence in the International Framework of Procurement Governance
V. Conclusions
2. Unpacking the Use of Public Procurement to Achieve Social and Labour Policies
I. Introduction
II. Framing the Instrumental Use of Public Procurement for Social and Labour Purposes
III. The Social and Labour Dimension of Public Procurement
IV. The Procedural Mechanisms Behind the Social and Labour Use of Public Procurement
V. Public Procurement and the Challenges of Assuring Social lC-