Better Regulation.

Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1. The Challenge of Better Regulation -- A. THE PATTERN OF THE POLITICAL DEBATE ABOUT BETTER REGULATION -- B. 'BETTER REGULATION' -- C. 'BETTER REGULATION' AS A BRANCH OF THE STUDY OF 'REGULATION' -- D. 'BETTER REGULATION'-THE SCOPE AND SHAPE OF THIS BOOK -- E. BETTER REGULATION, DEREGULATION AND LESS REGULATION-THE UK DEBATE -- F. THE EU'S COMMITMENT TO REGULATORY RENOVATION -- G. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- 2. Better Regulation in Europe -- A. UK ACHIEVEMENTS -- B. EU REGULATION -- C. SIMPLIFICATION -- D. CONSULTATION -- E. ALTERNATIVES -- F. RISK -- G. PROGRESS MADE BY THE EU -- 3. Better Regulation: Tensions aboard the Enterprise -- A. THE RISE OF BETTER REGULATION -- B. TENSIONS WITHIN THE BETTER REGULATION MESSAGE -- C. TENSIONS BETWEEN 'BETTER', 'LESS IS MORE' AND 'RISK-BASED' APPROACHES -- D. TENSIONS BETWEEN BETTER REGULATION AND THE POLICY PROCESS -- E. RE-THINKING THE PHILOSOPHY-TOWARDS REVIEW -- F. CONCLUSIONS -- 4. Are Market Failure Analysis and Impact Assessment Useful? -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. MARKET FAILURE ANALYSIS -- C. IMPACT ASSESSMENT -- D. SYSTEMS OF MARKET FAILURE ANALYSIS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT COMPARED -- E. CONCLUSION -- 5. The Standard Cost Model: When 'Better Regulation' Fights Against Red Tape -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE SCM -- C. WHY THE STANDARD COST MODEL? -- D. APPLICATIONS OF THE SCM -- E. GENERAL CRITICISMS OF THE SCM METHODOLOGY -- F. THE EU MEASUREMENT OF NET ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS -- F. CONCLUSIONS -- 6. Better Regulation - Better Enforcement -- A. THE BACKGROUND -- B. AN ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT -- C. DETERRENCE AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- D. ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCIAL PENALTIES.

E. TARGETING ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTIONS -- F. ALTERNATIVES AND COMPLEMENTS TO FINANCIAL PENALTIES -- G. VICTIM AND THIRD PARTY INVOLVEMENT IN ENFORCEMENT -- H. CONCLUSIONS -- 7. The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill 2006 - A Legislative Trojan Horse? -- A. BACKGROUND TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE BILL -- B. THE REASONS FOR PASSING THE LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY REFORM BILL -- C. THE KEY CLAUSES OF THE BILL -- D. THE WIDER CONSTITUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE BILL -- E. CONCLUSIONS -- 8. Better Regulation by Abdication? - Remarks on Parliamentary Democracy and Governmental Law-Making -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY REFORM BILL 2006-OPENING PANDORA'S BOX? -- C. CONCLUSION -- 9. Is Less More? Better Regulation and the Small Enterprise -- A. RETHINKING REGULATION -- B. REGULATION AND SMALL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE: WHAT DOES THE EVIDENCE BASE TELL US? -- C. THE BETTER REGULATION AGENDA: ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION -- D. IDENTIFYING THE DIVERSE EFFECTS OF REGULATION: DATA FROM A NEW STUDY -- E. CONCLUSION -- 10. The Politics of EC Regulation -- A. THE DRIVERS OF EC REGULATION -- B. THE REGULATORY PROCESS -- C. NEW DIRECTIONS IN EC REGULATION -- D. NORMATIVE QUESTIONS -- E. CONCLUSIONS -- 11. The EU Better Regulation Agenda -- 12. Regulating Working Time - Beyond Subordination? -- A. THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF REGULATION OF WORKING TIME IN THE EU -- B. FREE TIME AND WORKING TIME-INTRINSICALLY BIPOLAR CONCEPTS? -- C. EVALUATING FLEXIBILITY IN THE WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE -- D. CONCLUSION -- 13. Legal Options: Towards Better EC Company Law Regulation -- A. ON REGULATORY ARBITRAGE AND COMPETITION -- B. THE BENEFITS OF A PRO-CHOICE APPROACH -- C. STEP-BY-STEP REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS -- D. OPTING OUT OF EU PROVISIONS -- 14. Latest Developments in European Corporate Governance in Light of Better Regulation Efforts -- 15. Impact Assessment in the EU.

16. Inter-institutionalising EU Impacy Assessment -- 17. Better Law-making -- 18. Law-making Risks in EC Financial Market Regulation after the Financial Services Action Plan -- 19. The Way Forward in European Securit -- 20. Better Regulation and the Role of EU Agencies -- Annex -- Index.

This collection will foster greater understanding of UK and EU regulation, the accountability issues involved, and problems of enforcement.

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