Short Textbooks
These books were prepared as a part of a collaborative project in higher education, the EU Asia Inter University Network for Teaching and Research in Public Procurement Regulation 2009-2011, funded by the EU.
This project was led by The University of Nottingham (Project leader: Professor Sue Arrowsmith) and the other consortium members are Copenhagen Business School, the University of Copenhagen, the Central University of Finance and Economics (Beijing), Xinjiang University, and the University of Malaya.
Sue Arrowsmith (Ed.), EU Public Procurement Law: An Introduction (EU Asia Inter University Network for Teaching and Research in Public Procurement Regulation, 2010)
"This text provides an introduction to European Union (EU) law on public procurement. It is designed, in particular, as a text for students of the subject at university level, but will also be a useful introduction to the subject for lawyers, procurement officials and policy makers. The book seeks throughout to place the legal rules in their practical context, examining the implications that the legal rules have for the conduct of the procurement process and for the procurement policy of the Member States that must apply them.
The book is written so as to be accessible to those from outside the European Union who have no prior knowledge of EU law. Thus as well as chapters on the procurement rules themselves, it includes an introductory chapter to the Union itself, focusing on those matters that are of particular relevance for understanding how public procurement law is made and developed within the EU." (in Preface)
Sue Arrowsmith (Ed.), Public Procurement Regulation: An Introduction (EU Asia Inter University Network for Teaching and Research in Public Procurement Regulation, 2010)
"This text provides an introduction to the subject of regulating public procurement. It focuses, in particular, on principles and policies of regulation and on the approach to regulation adopted in the instruments of UNCITRAL, in particular the UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services. The text is designed, in particular, as a text for students of the subject at university level, but will also be a useful introduction to the subject for lawyers, procurement officials and policy¬ makers." (in Preface)
Ping Wang and Xinglin Zhang, Chinese Public Procurement Law: An Introductory Textbook (EU Asia Inter University Network for Teaching and Research in Public Procurement Regulation, 2010).
"This book provides an introduction and appraisal of the legal and institutional framework of Chinese public procurement law. It is designed as a text for students at university level, but can also be of assistance to lawyers, procurement officials and policy-makers." (in Preface)
Christina D. TvarnØ (Ed.), Public-Private Partnerships: An International Analysis (EU Asia Inter University Network for Teaching and Research in Public Procurement Regulation, 2010).
This book provides a legal, economic and policy analysis of Public Private Partnerships from an EU, a WTO and a Chinese perspectives. It is designed as a text for students at university level, as well as for lawyers, procurement officials and policy-makers, and is published on the Copenhagen Business School's website.
Legal Research Methods and Public Procurement Regulation (EU Asia Inter University Network for Teaching and Research in Public Procurement Regulation, 2010).
"These materials provide an introduction to some of the key research methods and techniques which form part of the diverse spectrum of legal scholarship and which are relevant to research in public procurement" (in General Introduction).