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GOVERNMENT CONTRACT LAW MANUAL*

Monroe, Glenn E.;* Government Contract Lax' Manual. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company, 1979. Pages: xi", 599. Price: $40.00. Index and appendices.

Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Rob& ,M. Xwtt*'*

Major Monroe has tried to capture the whole governmental contract law system by summarizing and collecting in one volume the Defense Acquisition Regulations (DAR), the Model Procurement Code (MPC) and the International Agreement on Government Procurement. This treatment should provide attorneys new to the field of government contracting

*The opmon~ and emdudions presented in thia hook rev~ew. and m the bookreviewed, are those of the authors and do not neeessalily represent the views of The Judge Advocate Generaps School, the Department of the h y , or any

other gavernmenral agency. Mqor Monroe's book is mentioned a180 in "Pubhcations Received and Bnefly Noted,'' elsewhere ~n thlr iolume.

"Major, Judge Advocate General's Colp8, United States h y . Major Monroe

is preaently B government mal attorney before the Armed Servms Board of CmTract Appeals, asaped to the Contract Appeslr Division. U S. Army Legal Senriees Agency, Falls Church, Virpima. He WBQ an instmetor m contract law at The Judge Advocate General's School, Charlattesvilie. Vlrgmia, from 1976 to 1979

Mqor Monroe is the author of An Anolysra 0,fASPR Section XV by Coat Pnnciple, 80 Mil. L Rev 147 (19781, and co-author, with Mqor Theodore F. M. Cathey, of The Allombdity ofintmst %n Government Controets. The Contin-uing Contraversy, 86 Mil. L. Rev. 3 (19791: as _ell 8s four rho* ameles published in The A m y Lozysr.

***Judge Advocate General's Colpa, Ulvted States Army. Lleufenant Colonel Nutt 18 chief of the Labor and Civilian Personnel Law Office, under the Asmsfanf Judge Advocate General for Civil Law at the Pentagon, Washmgton, D C He was deputy commandant and dlrecror of the Academic Department, TJAGSA. 197940. and W S ~ chief of the Contract Law Divlhmn, Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, Vlrgima. from 1976 to 1979.

Lieutenant Colonel Nutt 1% eo-author. wth hlqor Gary L. Hopkms. af The Anti-Deficiency AcL (Revised Stoiutss 3679J and Funding Federal Contract8 An Analysu. 80 M d L Rev 51 (1918); and tro articles publmhed I" The A m y Lawye?

an appreciation of the scope of government intervention in the purchasing process.

Chapter I1 is the essence of this 599 page work. It is a fiftyfour page summary of Federal procurement law which contains everything you would ever want to know about the subject if you were a beginner in this field, It opens with a bnef statement on authority to contract, comments on contract formation principles, contractor qualifications and the contractor selection process. Various forums...