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Introduction to Law and Regulation (2nd edition) 2024
An introductory guide to regulation for lawyers, legal scholars and policy-makers
This fully revised and updated edition of the leading text and materials book in the field of regulation was originally published in 2007, aimed primarily at legal scholars and policy-makers seeking to acquire an introductory understanding of the rich and varied body of academic literature from social sciences. The authors weave together an extensive series of short scholarly extracts through carefully constructed guidance. This volume will deepen and broaden the horizons of law students and legal scholars in understanding the nature, institutions, challenges and …
“… well written, clearly structured with good supplementary materials and comprehensive reading lists at the end of each chapter.”
―The Times Higher Education Supplement
Algorithmic Regulation (ed) 2019
Reckoning with the promises and perils of the rise of algorithmic power in contemporary society
As the power and sophistication of ‘big data’ and predictive analytics have continued to expand, so too has policy and public concern about the use of algorithms in contemporary life. This is hardly surprising given our increasing reliance on algorithms in daily life, touching policy sectors from healthcare, transport, finance, consumer retail, manufacturing education, and employment through to public service provision and the operation of the criminal justice system. This has prompted concerns about …
“Apart from the breadth and high substantive quality of its individual chapters, Algorithmic Regulation is a fascinating volume in that it crosses a wide spectrum of positions on these questions, both implicitly and explicitly. This makes it an invaluable marker of the current state of thinking in this fundamental and rapidly developing field, the next chapter of which is likely to be dominated by the European Commission’s proposed AI regulation.”
―Laurence Diver, Prometheus
The Oxford Handbook of Law, Regulation & Technology (eds) 2016
Original Perspectives on Technological Development and the Law’s Response
The variety, pace, and power of technological innovations that have emerged in the 21st Century have been breathtaking. These technological developments, which include advances in networked information and communications, biotechnology, neurotechnology, nanotechnology, robotics, and environmental engineering technology, have raised a number of vital and complex questions. Although these technologies have the potential to generate positive transformation and …
“…the Handbook certainly examines its subject matter from several multi-disciplinary viewpoints ranging from psychology and sociology to philosophy, jurisprudence and more.”
―Phillip Taylor MBE
Regulating Technologies (eds) 2008
The technology control dilemma: Can we satisfactorily regulate emerging technologies or will they control us?
Emerging technologies present both opportunities for and challenges to their host communities. Yet the legal community has only recently begun to consider their significance. On the one hand, emerging digital, bio, nano, and neurotechnologies challenge policy-makers who aspire to put in place a regulatory environment that is legitimate, effective, and sustainable; on the other hand, these…
“The book contains a great deal of interest to stimulate the reader, much that is beyond the scope of this review to touch on. The quality of writing throughout makes the book a valuable contribution to the ongoing debates about how we regulate technologies and how they regulate us.”
―Computer and Telecommunications Law Review Vol 16: 2010
Securing Compliance (2004)
A Principled Approach
Bargaining, negotiation and civil penalty sanctions together constitute central techniques used by regulators in securing compliance with the law. This book is a timely exploration of these practices, constructing a principled framework for evaluating their legitimacy and thereby drawing into sharper focus the importance of the constitutional principles in regulatory compliance. Although Australian competition law provides the focal point of the book, its analysis and critique is equally applicable to other competition law regimes and to other areas of business regulation.
“…a novel and thought-provoking contribution to the regulatory compliance literature. It will be interesting to see how many other compliance scholars rise to Yeung’s challenge to give issues of legitimacy the attention they deserve.”