Regulation and Deregulation: Policy and Practice in the Utilities and Financial Services Industries
Regulation and Deregulation is a revised version of papers presented at the Oxford Law Colloquium held at St John's College, Oxford, in March 1998. The Colloquium provided a meeting place for discussion between practitioners and academics interested in regulation. Current themes in the debate about how best to regulate are explored, concentrating in particular on the regulation of utilities and of the banking and financial services industry.
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Regulation and Deregulation is a revised version of papers presented at the Oxford Law Colloquium held at St John's College, Oxford, in March 1998. The Colloquium provided a meeting place for discussion between practitioners and academics interested in regulation. Current themes in the debate about how best to regulate are explored, concentrating in particular on the regulation of utilities and of the banking and financial services industry.
List of contributorsPrefaceList of abbreviationsTable of CasesTable of LegislationTable of Treaties and ConventionsCh. 1Regulation and Deregulation: An Introduction3Ch. 2Corrective Taxation as a Regulatory Instrument15Ch. 3Private Enforcement of Competition Law37Ch. 4Challenging the Regulators: Strategies for Resisting Control67Ch. 5Using Contracts to Enforce Standards: The Case of Waiting Times in the National Health Service79Ch. 6Using Rules Effectively95Ch. 7Regulation and Judicial Review: Perspectives from UK and EC Law123Ch. 8Public Law and Private Finance: Placing the Private Finance Initiative in a Public Law Frame145Ch. 9Transparency, Consistency and Predictability as Regulatory Objectives171Ch. 10Transparency, Confidentiality and Freedom of Information185Ch. 11Transparency: Of Business or Process?193Ch. 12Regulation of Price Discrimination and Predation by Dominant Firms: Lessons from the Ofgas ValuePlus Decision201Ch. 13Can Competition Law Supplant Utilities Regulation?221Ch. 14The Impact of the Competition Bill235Ch. 15Regulating the Telecommunications Sector: Substituting Practical Co-operation for the Risks of Competition249Ch. 16Social Policy and Economic Regulators: Some Issues from the Reform of Utility Regulation275Ch. 17Efficient Regulation of the Securities Market295Ch. 18A Model of Financial Regulation313Ch. 19Electronic Commerce: American and International Proposals for Legal Structures321Ch. 20Trends in Financial Services and Influences on the Approach to Regulation343Ch. 21Globalisation and Implications for Cross-border Regulation355Ch. 22Selective Incorporation of Foreign Legal Systems to promote Nepal as an International Financial Services Centre367Index409
