The Law of Economic Regulation

The Law of Economic Regulation provides a detailed analysis of the law specific to economic regulation and the practice of that law.

This book is unique in dealing with the key elements of economic regulation – such as rule-setting, regulatory investigations and disputes, enforcement and appeals on a cross-sector basis, offering a resource to practitioners in each sector who currently have few efficient options to see how other sectors deal with a specific issue.

As the number of regimes, and their jurisprudence, continues to grow, the legal issues arising have increased in importance. Whilst the focus of this book is on UK sector regimes, it uses other comparisons where relevant, including UK and EU competition law, and sectoral regimes in other jurisdictions from the EU, USA and beyond, where that best illustrates a particular point.

It answers questions, such as:

• What rules apply to major regulated companies?
• How do the rules vary between regulated sectors?
• What is the point of economic regulation?
• How do regulators make decisions?
• Can decisions by regulators be challenged, and if so, how?

With contributions from leading specialists in their areas, this title is essential reading for all legal practitioners specialising in regulation, competition law, energy law, telecommunications law, environmental law and transport law.