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Leasing Sovereignty: On State Infrastructure Contracts, Matthew Titolo Jan 2013

Leasing Sovereignty: On State Infrastructure Contracts, Matthew Titolo

University of Richmond Law Review

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There Is Always A Better Way: Proposed Legislative Improvements For The Federal Procurement System, Jim Moye Jan 2010

There Is Always A Better Way: Proposed Legislative Improvements For The Federal Procurement System, Jim Moye

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

This Article examines whether legislative and policy changes in the federal procurement system will result in major financial and integrity changes. Note that while government procurement activities undertaken by individual states are a substantive part of the Nation's economy, this Article is restricted to federal procurement law and policy. Part I discusses Title 41 of the United States Code, which provides the statutory authority for all federal procurement activities. Part I also briefly covers the supporting regulations known as the Federal Acquisition Rules ("FAR"). Part II examines the roles, membership and obligations of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the …


There Is Always A Better Way: Proposed Legislative Improvements For The Federal Procurement System, Jim Moye Jan 2010

There Is Always A Better Way: Proposed Legislative Improvements For The Federal Procurement System, Jim Moye

Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest

This Article examines whether legislative and policy changes in the federal procurement system will result in major financial and integrity changes. Note that while government procurement activities undertaken by individual states are a substantive part of the Nation's economy, this Article is restricted to federal procurement law and policy. Part I discusses Title 41 of the United States Code, which provides the statutory authority for all federal procurement activities. Part I also briefly covers the supporting regulations known as the Federal Acquisition Rules ("FAR"). Part II examines the roles, membership and obligations of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, the …


The Freedom Of Information Act And Trade Secrets, Roger V. Skalbeck Jan 2007

The Freedom Of Information Act And Trade Secrets, Roger V. Skalbeck

Law Faculty Publications

This article details a case illustration where federal law intersects with trade secret questions, a subject normally governed by state laws.


Avoiding Takings "Accidents": A Tort Perspective On Takings Law, Eric Kades Jan 1994

Avoiding Takings "Accidents": A Tort Perspective On Takings Law, Eric Kades

University of Richmond Law Review

Viewing the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment as a form of insurance appeals to our intuition. The government, like fire, does not often "take" property, but when faced with extraordinary risk property owners naturally desire compensation. Recent scholarship, however, has dissolved the attractiveness of this perspective. This literature, through economic analysis, claims that the Takings Clause should be repealed and replaced with private takings insurance. This is the "no-compensation" result.


Enforcing Competition Through Government Contract Claims, Michael K. Love Jan 1986

Enforcing Competition Through Government Contract Claims, Michael K. Love

University of Richmond Law Review

One of the principal objectives of Congress in enacting laws to govern federal government contract awards is to insure competition by maximizing the number of contractors who compete for these contracts. To insure full and open competition, the specifications in government contracts must permit all responsible sources of goods, services, and construction to compete for the work. Specifications which are drawn so that only one source or a very limited number of sources can compete for the work may effectively thwart competition. Whether and how to enforce this requirement for competitive specifications during contract performance is this article's subject.


Mandatory Dedication Of Public Sites As A Condition In The Subdivision Process In Virginia, Robert L. Dolbeare Jan 1975

Mandatory Dedication Of Public Sites As A Condition In The Subdivision Process In Virginia, Robert L. Dolbeare

University of Richmond Law Review

The growth pressure on the suburban and rural counties in Virginia in the seventies should be as great as that experienced by counties in the Boston to Washington corridor in the sixties. This urban corridor is working its way south.


Government Contracts For Subsurface Excavation: Misrepresentation And Change Of Conditions Jan 1972

Government Contracts For Subsurface Excavation: Misrepresentation And Change Of Conditions

University of Richmond Law Review

Throughout the current century, federal, state and local governments have engaged the services of private construction companies in an increasing number of governmental construction projects. Many of these projects, such as the construction of roads, tunnels, dams, bridges, and buildings, require, at least to some degree, subsurface excavation. This comment deals with some of the legal problems facing contractors and governmental agencies in such excavation, and suggests possible solutions to these problems.