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Martinez on the Anti-Favoritism Norm

By Lawrence Solum

John Martinez (SJ Quinney College of Law) has posted Getting Back the Public's Money: The Anti-Favoritism Norm in American Property Law (Buffalo Law Review Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

Should Congress earmark $5 million in the federal defense budget for a contract to be awarded on a noncompetitive basis to Storyrock, Inc., a private for-profit video company, to make DVD scrapbooks of National Guard units? The "anti-favoritism norm" in American property law seeks to prevent such unfair enhancements. This article suggests that the anti-favoritism norm is an integral part of the fabric of our system of jurisprudence and that if the government does not recapture such funds or assets on its own, then private parties can assert a claim to force the government to do so.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on March 23, 2010 (boomark / email).