In this thought-provoking book thirteen outstanding authorities from various
EU jurisdictions examine the legal basis of self-regulation and its function
in the process of European legal integration, with particular reference to
European private law. The authors offer in-depth analysis of self-regulation
in the context of current economic and political conditions in Europe, and
investigate the effects of self-regulation on such societal factors as the
following:
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the European social dialogue;
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the professions;
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consumer protection;
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the media; and
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corporate social responsibility.
This book is among the first to raise these vital issues, and the first to
examine self-regulation in depth with reference to specific sectors. The
essays identify trends set in motion by self-regulation among major actors,
and the authors do not hesitate to offer insightful criticisms and
recommendations. For these reasons, this book will be of great value to
policymakers and business people, as well as to legal academics, for years to
come, as self-regulation assumes ever more salience in our economic and social
fabric.
List of Contributors, Preface New Modes of Regulation in Europe:
Critical Rethinking of the Recent European Paths Fabrizio Cafaggi
Part One 1 Chapter 1 Rethinking Private Regulation in the European
Regulatory Space Fabrizio Cafaggi Chapter 2 The Constitutional
Dimension of Self-Regulation Aileen McHarg Chapter 3 Agents
Without Principals? Delegation in an Age of Diffuse and Fragmented Governance
Peter L. Lindseth Chapter 4 Self-Regulation and the Meta-Regulatory
State Colin Scott Chapter 5 Constitutional Boundaries to
Self-Regulation: a Comparative Appraisal Jacques Ziller
Part Two Chapter 6 The Government and Citizenship
of Self-Regulation Damian Chalmers Chapter 7 A Constitutional
Perspective on Self-Regulation: The Case of the European Social Dialogue
Stijn Smismans Chapter 8 Marie Curie Fellow, Law Department,
European University Institute of Florence and Faculty of Law, University of
Nancy Ségolène Barbou des Places Chapter 9 University
of Utrecht Ewoud Hondius Chapter 10 Self-Regulation, Politics and Law:
the Example of the Media Tony Prosser Chapter 11 A European
Perspective of Self-Regulation in the Media Susanne Nikoltchev
Chapter 12 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a Model of ‘Extended’
Corporate Governance: an Explanation Based on The Economic Theories of Social
Contract, Reputation and Reciprocal Conformism Lorenzo Sacconi
Chapter 13 Epilogue: On Regulating the Regulation of Regulation Neil
Walker