This volume is a study of regulation in context: in the context of the public policy it is designed to deliver; the law that enables, shapes and holds it to account; and the evolving societal and institutional frameworks within which it takes place.

PART 1: Introduction

1. Introduction

2. The Rise of Regulatory Governance

PART 2: Regulatory Theory, Concepts and Constructs

3. Theories of Regulation

4. Regulatory Space and Regulatory Regimes

5. Policy Processes and the Regulatory Policy Cycle

6. Bad, Better and Legitimate Regulation

PART 3: Regulatory Design and Practice

7. Define: Agenda-Setting, Issue Diagnosis and Objective Setting

8.: Design: Regime Variables; Option Generation

9. Decide: Regime Assessment and Selection

10. Implement: Regime Deployment, Application and Execution

11. Evaluate: Assessment of Regulatory Policy and Regime

PART 4: Conclusion

12. The Future of Regulatory Governance

13. Conclusion

Eric L. Windholz is a Senior Lecturer and Research Associate with the Monash Centre for Regulatory Studies., Monash University, Australia.