NCJ Number
235550
Editor(s)
Jyrki Tala,
Auri Pakarinen
Date Published
2010
Length
378 pages
Annotation
This publication consists of proceedings from the second International Conference on Legislative Studies held on March 1-2, 2010 in Helsinki, Finland.
Abstract
This conference assessed the merits and drawbacks of different "better regulation" activities and examined new ideas for improving the quality of legislation on law-drafting. In addition to lectures by a list of prominent key note speakers, there were four workshop sessions divided into themes; this article collection follows the original division of workshops. The first section concerns fundamental questions on political power and the origins of legislation: Social Norms, Culture, and Better Regulation; Theoretical Reflections on the Principled Regulatory Strategy On the Conditions of Rationality in Law-Making; Conflict and Consensus in Parliaments; Who Regulates the Food Business?; and Self-regulation in Global Value Chain. Articles in the second section compare alternative regulatory instruments like traditional command and control regulation and self-regulation: Could EU-level Regulatory Private Interest Organizations Promote or Discourage Harmonization of Consumer Law in the EU?; How Are the Economic Rights of Cohabitants Best Protected?; Towards an Analysis of the Problem of Excessive Pricing; and Legislative Techniques and ICT in the Wake of Law Keeping Pace with Technology. The third section reviews impact assessment and measurement of administrative burden: Impact Assessment in the Multi-Level Context of the European Union; Measuring and Reducing Administrative Costs as an Instrument for Realizing Better Regulation in Europe; Administrative Costs of Enterprises; and Utilization of Legal Monitoring in Law-drafting. The final section examines whether the goals of national competitiveness and "better regulation" can be combined: Developing Consumer protection of Air Passengers with Reduced Mobility in the EU; Compensatory Fines Imposed by the Finish Labor Court to Local Trade Unions; Instrument for Better Regulation; Essential Facilities Doctrine; and National IP Strategies. Tables, figures, and references