Regulation Legal Form and Economic Theory

by Ogus, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780198259343
• ISBN10: 0198259344
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-12-08
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

With the aid of economic theory Anthony Ogus critically examines the ways in which public law has been adapted to the task of regulating industrial activity and provides a systematic overview of the theory and forms of social and economic regulation.

Table of Contents

Table of United Kingdom Statutes
Table of Statutory Instruments
Table of European Legislation and Treaties
Table of United Kingdom Cases
Table of Cases from Other Jurisdictions
Introduction	p. 1
The Context of Regulation: The Market and Private Law	p. 15
Public Interest Grounds for Regulation	p. 29
Regulation and the Pursuit of Private Interest	p. 55
Use of the Criminal Law	p. 79
Institutions and Accountability	p. 99
Information Regulation	p. 121
Standards: General	p. 150
Standards: Specific Regulatory Regimes	p. 180
Prior Approval	p. 214
Economic Instruments	p. 245
Private Regulation	p. 257
Public Ownership	p. 265
Price Controls	p. 295
Public Franchise Allocation	p. 318
The Future of Regulation	p. 337
Index of Names	p. 343
Subject Index	p. 350
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