A Reader on Regulation

Edited by Robert Baldwin, Colin Scott, and Christopher Hood

Editors are respected professionals in the field
Selection covers the essential elements of the course area
An in-depth look at an area of public policy central to modern government
Interdisciplinary approach is relevant to courses in regulation and related topics in: law, public policy, international business, environmental regulation etc

A Reader on Regulation

Edited by Robert Baldwin, Colin Scott, and Christopher Hood

Description

Regulation has become a key form of state activity and an area of burgeoning academic concern, both in Public Law and Economics. This collection makes available to the reader a number of indispensable readings.

The text considers the central topics of regulation and looks to theory as well as practice, enforcement as well as rule-making, and supra-national as well as domestic concerns. Particular attention is paid to the ways that regulatory developments can be explained, the choices of technique that confront regulators and the varieties of regulatory style that are encountered within and between different regimes.

The introductory essay considers the maturation of regulation both as a practice and as a discipline. it examines regulation as a topic for study, reviews major developments in regulation and outlines central themes.

This book is intended as a resource for upper-level undergraduate students and teachers of regulation as part of degree courses in law, economics, business, public policy and politics, but also for those involved in or subject to regulation on a daily basis.

A Reader on Regulation

Edited by Robert Baldwin, Colin Scott, and Christopher Hood

Introduction: Regulation Grows Up: Into its Prime or Mid-Life Crisis?
PART 1: REGULATORY ORIGINS AND REFORM
Typical Justifications for Regulation, Stephen Breyer
The Economic Theory of Regulation after a Decade of Deregulation, Sam Peltzman
Organising Regulatory Space, Leigh Hancher and Michael Moran
In and Out of the Revolving Door: Making Sense of Regulatory Capture, Toni Makkai and John Braithwaite
The Rise of the Regulatory State in Europe, Giandomenico Majone
PART 2: STANDARD SETTING AND RULE CHOICES
The Optimal Precision of Administrative Rules, Colin Diver
Uncertainty and the Producer Strategy, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Law as Last Resort, Keith Hawkins
The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement, Steven Shavell
Moving Backstage: Uncovering the Role of Compliance Practices in Shaping Regulatory Policy, Nancy Reichman
PART 3: VARIETIES OF REGULATORY STYLES AND TECHNIQUES
Legal Measures and their Analysis, Terence Daintith
Rethinking Self-Regulation, Anthony Ogus
Juridification - Concepts, Aspects, Limits, Solutions, Gunther Teubner
PART 4: VARIETIES OF REGULATORY SCALE
Regulatory Competition, Jeanne-Mey Sun and Jacques Pelkmans
PART 5: VARIETY IN ACCOUNTING FOR REGULATION
Crisis and Legitimacy in the administrative process: a historical perspective, James Freedman
Is there a Crisis in Regulatory Accountability?, Cosmo Graham

A Reader on Regulation

Edited by Robert Baldwin, Colin Scott, and Christopher Hood

Author Information

Edited by Robert Baldwin, Professor of Law, London School of Economics, Colin Scott, Senior Lecturer in Law, London School of Economics, and Christopher Hood, Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy Convenor, London School of Economics

A Reader on Regulation

Edited by Robert Baldwin, Colin Scott, and Christopher Hood

Reviews and Awards

"Excellent introduction. A valuable collection. It will provide valuable support for my students by highlighting different approaches and methodologies on study of regualtion - underpinning their work on media policy and regulation", Jonathan Hardy, University of East London -

"Excellent collection of articles", Dr Abdullah Khan, Free University of Amsterdam -