Transatlantic Defence Procurement

Luke R. A. Butler is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol. Luke's research focuses on legal aspects of government contracting, an interest informed by a decade of experience lecturing and researching in commercial and international trade law. Outside academia, Luke values the importance and opportunity of engaging with acquisition professionals on the impact of law in practice. Most recently, Luke has lectured on procurement and commercial contract law at the UK Defence Academy, Cranfield. Previously, Luke taught at the University of Birmingham and was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Middle Temple in 2009.

Preface; 1. The transatlantic defence market in the context of defence trade cooperation; 2. Sources of EU defence procurement law; 3. Excluded contracts under the defence directive and cooperative procurement; 4. Third country modes of participation in the EU market for defence procurement; 5. The defence directive as a potential barrier to trade with the United States; 6. Sources of US federal defence procurement law; 7. Foreign participation in open competition under US law; 8. Non-competitive procurement under US law; 9. US law on foreign acquisition; 10. Government-to-government contracts and offsets; 11. Regulating defence procurement in a transatlantic defence market and beyond: plotting a legal discourse.