Instrumental Use of Public Procurement: Anti-corruption and Sustainability

Code

LAWW4105

School

Law

Level

4

Credits

15

Semesters

Autumn UK

Summary

This module examines the instrumental use of public procurement. It considers the phenomenon of corruption in public procurement and explores methods used in national and international systems to identity, prevent and sanction it. It covers, inter alia: the role and limits of transparency rules in addressing corruption; the revelation of corruption through investigations and audits; practical mechanisms to deter and redress corruption including criminal and administrative sanctions (such as debarment), codes of ethics and anti-corruption commissions; and the role of rules against foreign bribery. In addition, the module looks at how governments and contracting authorities can exploit the leverage afforded to them by the value of the public spend to implement horizontal policies through procurement regulation. The module explores how public procurement regulation is being expanded internationally to address a number of horizontal objectives from the now more traditional areas of social policy and the environment to such things as gender neutrality, human rights and modern slavery. 

Target Students

Only available to students on U7PPBPLP LLM Public Procurement Law and Policy, U7PPBPLPC PGCert Public Procurement Law and Policy, OR U7PPBPLPD PGDip Public Procurement Law and Policy

Classes

Students are provided with materials for self-directed learning. Optional in-person teaching sessions take place partway through the relevant semester.

Assessment

• 100% Coursework: 5 pages

Assessed by end of designated period

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

Understanding the instrumentality of public procurement regulation and gaining a knowledge of and critical perspective on 
(i) the regulatory and other mechanisms that can be used to identify, deter and sanction corruption and 

(ii) the scope of sustainability and the attainment of discrete objectives through regulatory means. 

Conveners

• Professor Peter Trepte