Yuval Feldman, 2018, Cambridge University Press, 238 pages In The Law of Good People: Challenging States' Ability to Regulate Human Behaviour, Prof Yuval Feldman (Bar-Ilan University) challenges us to think about the need for regulation for 'good people' and what such regulation should look like. Feldman argues that many "ordinary people could engage in all … Continue reading Brief book review – The Law of Good People: Challenging States’ Ability to Regulate Human Behaviour
Category: Literature
Brief book review – Advanced Introduction to Law and Psychology
Tom Tyler, 2022, Edward Elgar Publishing, 252 pages Prof Tom Tyler (Yale Law School) is a familiar name for students of regulation. His 1990 book Why People Obey the Law is a central work in the canon of regulatory scholarship. In that book, he challenged the traditional deterrence understanding of regulation—that is, the idea that … Continue reading Brief book review – Advanced Introduction to Law and Psychology
Brief book review – Implementing Public Policy (4th Edition)
Michael Hill and Peter Hupe, 2022, SAGE Publications, 290 pages Prof Michael Hill (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne) and Prof Peter Hupe (University of Leuven) have just released the 4th Edition of their popular and practical handbook Implementing Public Policy. The book has a much broader focus than regulatory scholarship but is relevant for those … Continue reading Brief book review – Implementing Public Policy (4th Edition)
Brief book review – The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better Or Worse
Benjamin van Rooij and Adam Fine, 2021, Yale University Press, 384 pages Don’t think that The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better Or Worse is yet another popular science book that simply rides on the wave caused by Nudge. It is not. Or actually, it is, but not in the way … Continue reading Brief book review – The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better Or Worse
Brief book review – Nudge: The Final Edition
Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, 2021, Yale University Press, 384 pages There will be few regulators who have not heard of the groundbreaking book Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness, published in 2008 by Professors Richard Thaler (University of Chicago) and Cass Sunstein (Harvard University). The authors have joined forces once more in … Continue reading Brief book review – Nudge: The Final Edition
Brief book review – Cambridge Handbook of Compliance
Benjamin van Rooij and Daniel Sokol (Eds), (2021), Cambridge University Press, 1,019 pages What do we know and what don’t we know about compliance (and non-compliance)? Those questions sum up the 69 chapters of the recent Cambridge Handbook of Compliance. The book is edited by Professor Benjamin van Rooij (University of Amsterdam) and Professor Daniel … Continue reading Brief book review – Cambridge Handbook of Compliance
Brief book review – Algorithmic Regulation
Karen Yeung and Martin Lodge (Eds), (2019), Oxford University Press, 271 pages The book Algorithmic Regulation is a collection of 11 very accessible essays on the role of algorithms and big data on regulatory governance. The book is edited by Professor Karen Yeung (Birmingham Law School), one of the leading scholars in regulation and technology, … Continue reading Brief book review – Algorithmic Regulation
Politically contentious issues in regulation
How much politics goes into the development, implementation, evaluation, and reform of regulation? Over the last few weeks, I have begun writing a short series of blog posts that map how scholars of public administration in general and regulatory scholars in particular have theorized the politics of regulation. In this final blog post in this … Continue reading Politically contentious issues in regulation
The politics of regulation: Four dominant perspectives
How much politics goes into the development, implementation, evaluation, and reform of regulation? Over the next few weeks, I will write a short series of blog posts that map how scholars of public administration in general and regulatory scholars in particular have theorized the politics of regulation. In this blog post, I will look at … Continue reading The politics of regulation: Four dominant perspectives
The Politics of Regulation: Mapping a Half-Century of Debates (1970-2020)
How much politics goes into the development, implementation, evaluation, and reform of regulation? This question has been at the forefront of regulatory scholarship for over five decades [1-4]. Aim of this series Over the next few weeks, I will write a short series of blog posts that map how scholars of public administration in general … Continue reading The Politics of Regulation: Mapping a Half-Century of Debates (1970-2020)
From the Regulatory Frontlines 