GV488      One Unit
Law and Politics of Regulation

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

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The course aims to give students an essential grounding in theories of regulation encountered in the legal, political science and law and economics literatures. It examines competing explanations of the origins, development and reform of regulation; the styles and processes of regulation; issues surrounding enforcement; the inter-organisational and international aspects of regulation; and questions of evaluation and accountability. Additional sessions offer an introduction to regulatory economics and practitioner-led seminars.

28 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.
30 hours of seminars in the Winter Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn and Winter Term.

Essay

Essay

All students are expected to produce two written essays.

R Baldwin, M Cave and M Lodge, Understanding Regulation (2012); R Baldwin and M Cave, Taming the Corporation, 2020; K Yeung and M Lodge, Algorithmic Regulation (2019); C Hood, H Rothstein & R Baldwin, The Government of Risk (2001); R. Baldwin, M. Cave and M.Lodge, Oxford Handbook of Regulation (2010); M Lodge and K Wegrich, Managing Regulation (2012); D. Carpenter and D. Moss, Preventing Regulatory Capture (2013).

Exam (75%), duration: 180 Minutes in the Spring exam period

Research paper (25%, 2500 words) in Spring Term Week 1

The summative assessment is composed of:

• Exam (75%, duration: 3 hours) in ST.
• Individual research paper (25%, 2500 words), to be submitted in Week 1 of ST.