Agencies have become active actors within contemporary governance as they are used extensively to regulate markets as well as to deliver public services and provide advice. This broad class of organizations carry out functions delegated…
Constitutional Sunsets and Experimental Legislation: A Comparative Perspective, Edward Elgar, 2015 Research note by Sofia Ranchordás Now more than ever, legislators and regulators are required to be ‘smarter’, regulate without stifling innovation, reduce unnecessary burdens on the…
Research note by Eduardo Jordão and Susan Rose-Ackerman This note summarizes our article “Judicial review of executive policymaking in advanced democracies: beyond rights review”, published in the Administrative Law Review, volume 66 (2014). The article considers…
The Presidency of Council of Ministers’ (PCM) Technical Assistance Operational Programme to strengthen normative capacity within the four Southern convergence regions (Calabria, Campania, Puglia, Sicilia) is about to be completed, after four productive years (from…
Volcker Alliance. 2015. Reshaping the Financial Regulatory System One of the most fundamental lessons of the recent financial crisis in the US was that no one regulatory body had the responsibility to maintain a comprehensive…
J. Ellig, C.J. Conover, Presidential Priorities, Congressional Control, and the Quality of Regulatory Analysis: An Application to Healthcare and Homeland Security, in «Public Choice», vol. 161 (Nov-Dec 2014) Research note by Jerry Ellig Background In the United States’…
EIOPA, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, published on 28 January 2015 the Revised Impact Assessment on the Solvency II Guidelines. According to Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 (EIOPA Regulation), the Authority…
European Commission. 2015. Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an ambitious attempt by the European Union (EU) and the United States…
European Risk Forum Monograph, Fostering Innovation. Better Management of Risk, March 2015 Note by Lorenzo Allio Public risk management is one of the fundamental ways in which governments solve societal problems and meet citizens’ expectations.…
The Observatory releases its first Literature Bulletin in the field of Administrative Law on topics related to better regulation and regulatory agencies. The Bulletin reports on papers published in academic journals of Administrative Law in…