Courts, Regulators, and the Scrutiny of Economic Evidence

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

1 629 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Courts, Regulators, and the Scrutiny of Economic Evidence presents the first systematic examination of economic regulation and the crucial role of economic evidence in regulatory authorities and courts. This book brings together strands of scholarship from law, economics, and political science to explore two key themes: the influence of economic evidence on the discretionary assessments of economic regulators, and the limits of judicial review of economic evidence, supplemented with comparative examination of both UK and US systems. In light of the challenges posed by economic evidence, Mantzari argues the appropriate scope of judicial review in the era of regulatory economics, and what the optimal institutional response to the pervasiveness of economic evidence in regulation should be.Building on comparative institutional analysis, this book rejects single-factor explanations, such as the individual knowledge of judges, in favour of a richer set of macro and micro-level factors that shape the relationships between courts and regulators. Mantzari argues that the 'recipe' for adjudicating economic evidence requires a balance in which a degree of epistemic diversity is introduced in courts, and deference is accorded to regulatory agencies on grounds of institutional competency. The book combines theoretical, doctrinal, comparative, and empirical analysis and it is written to be accessible to lawyers, economists, judges, regulators, policymakers, and political scientists.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-09-16
Mått162 x 240 x 20 mm
Vikt540 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198851608

Tillhör följande kategorier

Bolagsrätt inom Juridik
Folkrätt inom Juridik
Nationalekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Dr Despoina Mantzari is Associate Professor in Competition Law and Policy at University College London (UCL), Faculty of Laws. Prior to that she was a lecturer at the University of Reading and a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia. She was also a visiting researcher at the UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law and a Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London. She holds a PhD and an LL.M from UCL and studied law at the National University of Athens. Her research cuts across competition law and public law and regulation and has been funded by the AHRC, the ESRC, and the BA/Leverhulme Trust.

1: Introduction 2: Unpacking Economic Evidence 3: Imperfect Alternatives: Actors and Processes for the Review of Economic Evidence in the US and the UK 4: Transforming Discretion 5: From 'Hard Look Review' to 'Thin Rationality' review: The US Courts' Response to Economic Evidence 6: The Institutional Response: Judicial Scrutiny of Economic Evidence at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal 7: Towards a Complementary Relationship between the Court and the Regulatory Agency in the Realm of Utility Regulation 8: Epilogue

Effective judicial review is necessary to ensure the legitimacy of modern systems of administrative law enforcement. In view of the increased complexity of cases brought before them, Courts have no choice but to truly engage with economic and scientific evidence, while ensuring the expediency of proceedings. The book of Prof Mantzari, one of the rising stars in the field, is a must read for anyone interested in the role of Courts. Very well researched, inter disciplinary and comparative: in short, an outstanding piece of modern legal scholarship.