Actualmente, podemos afirmar que el medio ambiente es uno de los temas más importantes a tratar, siendo que su incidencia es cada vez más valorada por la sociedad. En ese sentido, en el presente artículo se aborda el concepto y función que cumpliría en nuestra sociedad la figura de la contratación sostenible. Al respecto, el autor considera que la misma implicaría un debido balance entre la generación de riqueza y el bienestar social. Por lo tanto, la figura estudiada va más allá de la variación de palabras, sino que implica un cambio en la perspectiva que debe ser analizada a la luz de los principios que rigen el derecho.

Currently, we can say that the environment is one of the most important topics, being that its incidence is increasingly valued by society.In that sense, in this article we study the figure of sustainable procurement. In this regard, the author believes that it would imply a due balance between wealth creation and social welfare. Therefore, the figure study goes beyond the change of words, but involves a change inperspective that should be analyzed in the light of the principles governing the law.

Currently, we can say that the environment is one of the most important topics, being that its incidence is increasingly valued by society.In that sense, in this article we study the figure of sustainable procurement. In this regard, the author believes that it would imply a due balance between wealth creation and social welfare. Therefore, the figure study goes beyond the change of words, but involves a change inperspective that should be analyzed in the light of the principles governing the law.

The creation of legal entities or institutions —instrumental entities of the government administration— to implement a change in the system of the activities assigned to the government administration, is aimed at eluding the administrative law thereby, making the state’s responsibility unviable. However, this distorts the very reason for the existence of the state’s public entities, since it makes no sense to exempt the State from responsibility when the activity that causes the damage has been placed by it, in the hands of a third person who exercises it. Facing this, and considering that a society that fails to recognize that the government administration must meet the general objectives subject to the full extent of the law, «or that recognizing it, adds observations or exceptions thereto, does not truly live under a system of rule of law» (Duguit), the «communicability» o...

The creation of legal entities or institutions —instrumental entities of the government administration— to implement a change in the system of the activities assigned to the government administration, is aimed at eluding the administrative law thereby, making the state’s responsibility unviable. However, this distorts the very reason for the existence of the state’s public entities, since it makes no sense to exempt the State from responsibility when the activity that causes the damage has been placed by it, in the hands of a third person who exercises it. Facing this, and considering that a society that fails to recognize that the government administration must meet the general objectives subject to the full extent of the law, «or that recognizing it, adds observations or exceptions thereto, does not truly live under a system of rule of law» (Duguit), the «communicability» o...