| Regulatory Encounters: Multinational Corporations and American Adversarial Legalism Contributor(s): Kagan, Robert A. (Editor), Axelrad, Lee (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520222881 ISBN-13: 9780520222885 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $33.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2000 Annotation: "This is a pathbreaking contribution to a much neglected area of academic study."--Bridget M. Hutter, London School of Economics ""Regulatory Encounters" is an extremely impressive book that contains rich, varied, and convincing case studies on an important topic, American 'adversarial legalism.'"--R. Shep Melnick, Boston College |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice |
| Dewey: 346.730 |
| LCCN: 99057669 |
| Lexile Measure: 1680 |
| Series: University of California Series in Law, Politics and Society |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.05" W x 8.97" (1.34 lbs) 446 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Regulatory Encounters reports on a path-breaking study of how government regulation of business in the United States differs in practice from regulation in other economically advanced democracies. In each of ten in-depth case studies, the contributors to this volume compare a particular multinational corporation's experience with parallel regulatory regimes in the United States and in Japan, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, The Netherlands, and the European Union, noting precisely which regulatory precautions were actually implemented in each country. The regulatory systems analyzed include aspects of environmental protection, product safety, debt collection, employees' rights, and patent protection. The studies in Regulatory Encounters indicate that the adversarial and legalistic character of American regulation imposes higher costs and delays on economic activity than comparable regulatory regimes in other economically advanced democracies, and often does not generate higher levels of protection for the public. |