Defining Regulatory Objectives for Contemporary Electronic Communications: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
International Journal of Communications Law and Policy, Vol. 12, pp. 274-312, 2008
39 Pages Posted: 23 Nov 2008
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Defining Regulatory Objectives for Contemporary Electronic Communications: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Defining Regulatory Objectives for Contemporary Electronic Communications: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Date Written: January 21, 2008
Abstract
Goal evaluation is an essential element of the process of designing regulatory frameworks. Lawyers and legal scholars do however tend to ignore it. The present paper stresses the importance of pinpointing the precise regulatory objectives in the fluid environment of electronic communications, since, due to their technological and economic development, they have become the vital basis for communication and distribution of information in modern societies. The paper attempts an analysis of the underlying regulatory objectives in contemporary communications and seeks to put together the complex puzzle of economic and societal issues.
Keywords: Communications, Regulatory Objectives, Competition, Innovation, Universal Service, Consumer Protection, Human Rights
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