Drawing extensively on empirical studies from the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand, John Braithwaite and Ian Ayres offer an well-argued addition to the comparative literature on government regulation. In an effort to transcend the ongoing debate between those who favour strong state regulation and those who call for deregulation, they argue that regulation does not have to proceed with an adversarial tone, nor does it have to be `soft' or `hard' to be effective.
'A number of original insights...theoretically grounded, yet contains many descriptive examples' Michael D. Reagan, University of California, Riverside'
Niklas Luhmann, Niklas Luhmann was Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Bielefeld University) Luhmann, Niklas (, Prior to his death in 1998, Fatima Kastner, Richard Nobles, University of Hamburg Institute of Social Sciences) Kastner, Fatima (Associate Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science) Nobles, Richard (Reader in Law
Mary E. Vogel, Santa Barbara) Vogel, Mary E. (Visiting Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program, Visiting Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program, University of California, VOGEL, Vogel
Mary E. Vogel, Santa Barbara) Vogel, Mary E. (Visiting Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program, Visiting Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program, University of California
Mavis Maclean, JacekJ. Kurczewski, Wolfson College) Maclean, Mavis (Research Fellow, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Research Fellow, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Warsaw) Kurczewski, JacekJ. (formerly Deputy Speaker of the first democratically elected Polish Parliament; Dean of WPRiPS, formerly Deputy Speaker of the first democratically elected Polish Parliament; Dean of WPRiPS
Keith Hawkins, University of Oxford) Hawkins, Keith (Reader in Law and Society, and Fellow and Tutor in Law, Reader in Law and Society, and Fellow and Tutor in Law, Oriel College
Lawrence Rosen, Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Princeton University) Rosen, Lawrence (Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Princeton University
Mary E. Vogel, Santa Barbara) Vogel, Mary E. (Visiting Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program, Visiting Assistant Professor, Law and Society Program, University of California
Christine Parker, Australia) Parker, Christine (Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Law Faculty, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Law Faculty, University of New South Wales
John Baldwin, University of Birmingham) Baldwin, John (Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Judicial Administration, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Judicial Administration