Public Participation and Regulation

"Public Participation and Regulation" in Susy Frankel (ed) Learning From the Past, Adapting for the Future: Regulatory Reform in New Zealand (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2011).

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Mark J. Bennett

Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law

Joel I. Colón-Ríos

University of Essex, School of Law, Students; Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law

Date Written: October 1, 2011

Abstract

This chapter analyses the place of participation in the making and application of regulation. The broad concerns that are implicated in this question are democratic legitimacy and good regulatory outcomes, and it is often argued that more participation than presently exists in many areas is necessary to secure these aims.The objective of this chapter is to examine the general benefits and disadvantages of an increase of public participation in the making of regulations, the way in which different forms of participation might be put into practice by specific mechanisms, and how the desirability of an increase of public involvement might be affected by the need to privilege certain forms of “expertise” in some regulatory contexts. The first section explores the relationship between input and output legitimacy to participation and democracy. The second and third sections consider some of the possible reasons for and against increased public participation in the making of regulation. In the following section we discuss the main kinds of mechanisms through which participation can be achieved.

Keywords: Regulation, Law, Participation, Public Participation, Democracy

JEL Classification: P1, L5

Suggested Citation

Bennett, Mark J. and Colón-Ríos, Joel I., Public Participation and Regulation (October 1, 2011). "Public Participation and Regulation" in Susy Frankel (ed) Learning From the Past, Adapting for the Future: Regulatory Reform in New Zealand (LexisNexis, Wellington, 2011)., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2663181

Mark J. Bennett (Contact Author)

Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law ( email )

PO Box 600
Wellington, 6140
New Zealand

Joel I. Colón-Ríos

University of Essex, School of Law, Students ( email )

Colchester, Essex CO43SQ
United Kingdom

Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Law ( email )

PO Box 600
Wellington, 6140
New Zealand

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