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Public Contract Law Journal, the quarterly scholarly publication of the ABA Public Contract Law Section, is committed to the publication articles that present analysis and insight into issues affecting the broad scope of public contract law and procurement at the federal, state, and municipal levels. The Journal stands within the legal community as a focal point for the examination of timely legal issues confronting the public contract community.

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Public Contract Law Journal
Volume 39 Number 1
Fall 2009

Articles

2008 Year in Review: Analysis of Significant Federal Circuit Government Contracts Decisions
Thomas J. Madden, Paul A. Debolt, Robert A. Burton, Rebecca E. Pearson, Terry L. Elling, Sharon A. Jenks, Dismas N. Locaria, James Y. Boland, and Jeffery Chiow

Foreign Food Aid Procurement: Why Domestic Preferencing Requirements Must be Substantially Reduced to More Effectively and Efficiently Alleviate Global Hunger
Derek J. Hanson

New FAR Rule on Compliance Programs and Ethics: A Hidden Assault on the Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege
Jeremy A. Goldman

Is It Time to Reform Reciprocal Defense Procurement Agreements?
Drew B. Miller

Kicking the National Habit: The Legal and Policy Arguments for Abolishing Private Prison Contracts
Lucas Anderson

Purchasing in an Unregulated Market: Federal Government Procurement of Carbon Offsets
Katie Taylor

Past Issues

• Summer 2009
• Spring 2009
• Winter 2009
• Fall 2008
• Summer 2008
• Spring 2008
• Winter 2008
• Fall 2007
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• Summer 2005

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