Product Description
Finally! A plain-English presentation of the basic legal concepts of government contract law for professionals at any stage in their careers. Until now, anyone in the procurement field has had to trudge through dense and complex texts written in hard-to-follow legalese in their quest to understand procurement law. With Understanding Government Contract Law, they finally have a source of clear and concise explanations of the legal principles involved in go… More >>
Understanding Government Contract Law
Tags: Contract, Government, Understanding
#1 by M. Harris on April 6, 2010 - 7:29 am
There was a slight mixup with UPS, I think it was a new driver because if I’m unavailable they usually leave it at the office on the first attempt. However, they did leave the book at the office on the second attempt the next day; and I was still able to keep up with my classmates without any trouble. The book was in excellent condition and was very helpful in my course.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Citizen John on April 6, 2010 - 8:05 am
This textbook is definitely at the level of a law school student but also appropriate for contract administrators in the field of federal contracting. Understanding Government Contract Law provides some information that you can’t get in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, namely how to sue the Federal Government. But hope you don’t have to sue the Federal Government because the costs are onerous.
Terrance O’Conner describes the role of the Contracting Officer better than anybody else in my opinion. He desribes the ways in which a contracting officer is a Judge, Sheriff and Plaintiff. Certainly the nation needs lots more contracting officers. This is an area of tremendous expected job growth.
Many books on government contracting explain types of contracts in the two basic categories of fixed price and cost-reimbursement, which is correct. O’Conner focuses on the legal basis for contract formation, again necessary for contracting officers and contract administrators to know. One of the things that make government contracts different from commercial contracts is that the federal government can always get out of the contract if it perceives doing so to be in its best interests. This is well covered in the text.
I found this to be a highly readable text in a very dry and challenging area of the law. I recommend it for aspiring contracting officers and contract administrators.
Rating: 5 / 5