Rescuing regulation / Reza R. Dibadj.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dibadj, Reza R., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police power--Philosophy.

Police power.

Industrial laws and legislation.

Industrial laws and legislation--Social aspects.

Trade regulation.

Trade regulation--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The traditional debate on governmental regulation has run its course, with economically minded analysts pointing to regulation's inefficiency while those focused on justice purposefully avoid the economic paradigm to defend regulation's role in protecting consumers, workers, and society's disadvantaged. In Rescuing Regulation, Reza R. Dibadj challenges both camps. He squarely addresses the shortcomings of the conventional economic critique that portrays regulation as a waste, and also confronts those focused on justice to marshal economic arguments for public intervention against social inequities and abusive market behavior. Providing novel answers to the questions of why and how to regulate, Dibadj contends that the law and economics paradigm must not remain an apologist for laissez-faire public policy. He also demonstrates how incorporating the latest economics and revamping institutions can help improve our public agencies. Rescuing Regulation not only suggests ways to develop public institutions reflective of a democracy, but also broadly outlines how social science can inform normative legal discourse.

Contents:

Traditional perspectives

Lambasting regulation

Where is society left?

Beyond flawed assumptions

Toward new research

Substantive reform

Institutional changes.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-209) and index.

ISBN:

9780791481097

0791481093

9781429413640

1429413646

OCLC:

76821774