Naturaleza y proceso del contrato gubernamental: Nature and process of the government contract

Javier A. Echevarría Vargas

doi:10.48143/rdai.22.echevarria.vargas

Authors

Javier A. Echevarría Vargas Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48143/rdai.22.echevarria.vargas

Abstract

Is axiomatic the power of the State to adopt contracts with the goal of advancing its public objectives. Through this mechanism, many of the government's mandates can be reach. This kind of agreements are made without infringing the official authority and without an alienation of public power. In this way, the transmission of functions does not transfer or delegate public powers of the State. This will, to realize the objectives while preserving guarantees of control, it constitutes a transcendental characteristic of this type of contractual arrangement. Thus, builds a scaffolding of processes designed to harmonize the interests presented in the contractual relationship looking to transform the contractor in a collaborator.

Author Biography

Javier A. Echevarría Vargas, Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Catedrático en la Facultad de Derecho de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico. Doctor en Derecho por la Universidad de Valladolid, España. Maestría en Escuela de Derecho de Tulane University, New Orleans. Juris Doctor en Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico. Bachillerato de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras.

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