Going By the Book - The Problem of Regulatory Unreasonableness

What is regulation? Under what circumstances is it needed? What forms should it take? Such questions are especially relevant at a time in United States history when governmental involvement in decisions formerly left to individuals and business firms evokes concern on all sides of the political spectrum

List of contents

1: The Problem of Regulatory Unreasonableness; 1: The Growth of Protective Regulation; 2: Toward Toughness: The Changing Legal Structure of Enforcement; 3: Unreasonableness; 4: The Perverse Effects of Legalism; 2: Flexible Enforcement and Its Limits; 5: The Good Inspector; 6: Managing the Regulatory Agency; 7: The Regulatory Ratchet; 3: Indirect Regulation; 8: Private Regulation; 9: Mandatory Disclosure; 10: Liability; 11: The Social Responsibility of Government

About the author

Walter Kaufmann

Summary

What is regulation? Under what circumstances is it needed? What forms should it take? Such questions are especially relevant at a time in United States history when governmental involvement in decisions formerly left to individuals and business firms evokes concern on all sides of the political spectrum

Product details

• Authors: Eugene Bardach, Bardach Eugene, Walter Kaufmann, Walter Bardach Kaufmann, Kaufmann Walter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138524484
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52448-4
• No. of pages: 375
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies