Rescuing Regulation State University of New York (Suny) Press (2006)

Posted: 17 Oct 2006

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Reza Dibadj

University of San Francisco - School of Law

Date Written: October 2006

Abstract

The traditional debate on governmental regulation has run its course, with economically minded analysts pointing to regulation's inefficiency while those focused on justice purposefully avoid the economic paradigm to defend regulation's role in protecting consumers, workers, and society's disadvantaged. In Rescuing Regulation, Reza R. Dibadj challenges both camps. He squarely addresses the shortcomings of the conventional economic critique that portrays regulation as a waste, and also confronts those focused on justice to marshal economic arguments for public intervention against social inequities and abusive market behavior. Providing novel answers to the questions of why and how to regulate, Dibadj contends that the law and economics paradigm must not remain an apologist for laissez-faire public policy. He also demonstrates how incorporating the latest economics and revamping institutions can help improve our public agencies. Rescuing Regulation not only suggests ways to develop public institutions reflective of a democracy, but also broadly outlines how social science can inform normative legal discourse.

Keywords: regulation, administrative law, law and economics, antitrust, public policy

JEL Classification: K20, K21, K23, L43, L50, L51, K00

Suggested Citation

Dibadj, Reza, Rescuing Regulation State University of New York (Suny) Press (2006) (October 2006). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=938046

Reza Dibadj (Contact Author)

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