Regulating Europe

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of tables and figures......Page 8
Notes on contributors......Page 9
Series editor\'s preface......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
Regulation and its modes......Page 26
Theories of regulation......Page 45
The rise of statutory regulation in Europe......Page 64
The European Commission as regulator......Page 78
Regulatory legitimacy in the European context: the British Health and Safety Executive......Page 100
Environmental regulation and administrative reform in Britain......Page 123
The law and policy of competition in Germany......Page 148
Independent administrative authorities in France and the case of the French Council for Competition......Page 174
Competition law and policy in Spain: implementation in an interventionist tradition......Page 197
The German Federal Supervisory Authority for Insurance......Page 219
The European Commission as regulator: the uncertain pursuit of the competitive market......Page 246
The future of regulation in Europe......Page 282
Regulatory legitimacy......Page 301
Index......Page 319