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What Next? A Heuristic Approach To Revitalizing The Contract Disputes Act Of 1978, Steven L. Schooner Jan 1999

What Next? A Heuristic Approach To Revitalizing The Contract Disputes Act Of 1978, Steven L. Schooner

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This essay, included in a 1999 special issue examining the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) of 1978 at its twentieth anniversary, begins from the premise that the statute's critics have valid reason to perceive that the CDA fails to provide a "fair and balanced system of administrative and judicial procedures for the settlement of claims and disputes." The essay suggests a framework for a meaningful debate over what an improved and invigorated CDA should look like but, in the end, raises more questions than it answers. Its purpose is heuristic; to frame a debate (which many feel is long overdue) as …