Discretion in EU Public Procurement Law

Sanja Bogojevic is Fellow and Associate Professor of Law, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.Xavier Groussot is Professor of EU Law, Law Faculty, Lund University.Jörgen Hettne is an Associate Professor of EU Law Department of Business Law, School of Economics and Management, Lund University.

• PART IINTRODUCTION1. The ‘Age of Discretion’: Understanding the Scope and Limits of Discretion in EU Public Procurement Law Sanja Bogojevic, Xavier Groussot and Jörgen HettnePART IIDISCRETION IN EU INTERNAL MARKET LAWS2. EU Law on Public Procurement: Internal Market Law Made Better Stephen Weatherill3. The Drivers and Boundaries of Discretion in the Award of Public Contracts Christopher H Bovis4. Some Reflections on the ‘Artificial Narrowing of Competition’ as a Check on Executive Discretion in Public Procurement Albert Sanchez-Graells5. The Obligation of Transparency in EU Public Procurement Law Angelica Ericsson and Xavier GroussotPART IIIDISCRETION IN PURSUING STRATEGIC GOALS UNDER THE EU PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGIME6. Contracting Authorities and Strategic Goals of Public Procurement – A Relationship Defined by Discretion? Marta Andhov7. Public Procurement and European Standards: Fair Competition or Limits to Discretion? Jörgen Hettne8. Mapping Public Procurement and Environmental Law Intersections in Discretionary Space Sanja BogojevicPART IVDISCRETION IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REGIMES BEYOND THE EU9. Discretion, Divergence, Paradox: Public and Private Supply Chain Standards on Human Rights Claire Methven O’Brien and Olga Martin-Ortega10. EU and US Discretion in Public Procurement Law: The Role of Eco-Labels and Life-Cycle Costing Jason J Czarnezki11. Regulating Procurement by European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs) and the Exemption for International Organisations Ohad Graber-SoudryPART VLOOKING AHEAD12. Looking Ahead: A ‘New Age’ of Proportionality? Sanja Bogojevic, Xavier Groussot and Jörgen Hettne