Public contract law as a barrier to and instrument for transatlantic defence trade liberalization

K Law > K Law (General)

Butler, Luke R. A. ; Trybus, Martin

University:University of Birmingham

Department:Birmingham Law School

关键词: K Law;    K Law (General);   

Others  :  http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4993/2/Butler14PhD.pdf

来源: University of Birmingham eTheses Repository

【 摘 要 】

The European Union recently adopted a Defence Procurement Directive. Designed to regulate an internal market for defence material, the development is highly controversial. For many years, the U.S. has received privileged access to the national defence markets of the Member States. A lack of competition has resulted in stagnated markets with decreased increased possibilities of dependence on the U.S. In respective to the Directive, U.S. commentators have identified the possibility for its provisions to discriminate against U.S. contractors. This forces a fundamental assessment of the role of legal institutions which regulate transatlantic defence trade. This thesis aims to subject the EU and U.S. defence procurement regimes to critical description and analysis.