Breaking the Vicious Circle: Toward Effective Risk Regulation - Softcover

Breyer, Stephen

 
9780674081154: Breaking the Vicious Circle: Toward Effective Risk Regulation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0674081153 ISBN 13: 9780674081154
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Breaking the Vicious Circle is a tour de force that should be read by everyone who is interested in improving our regulatory processes. Written by a highly respected federal judge, who would go on to serve on the Supreme Court, and who obviously recognizes the necessity of regulation but perceives its failures and weaknesses as well, it pinpoints the most serious problems and offers a creative solution that would for the first time bring rationality to bear on the vital issue of priorities in our era of limited resources.

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About the Author

Stephen Breyer was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1994 to 2022. He is now Byrne Professor of Administrative Law and Process at Harvard Law School.

From the Back Cover

Stephen Breyer explores three difficulties currently plaguing efforts to cope with health risks, which he styles 'tunnel vision, or the last 10 percent', 'random agenda selection', and 'inconsistency'. He shows how well-meaning, experienced regulators can nonetheless bring about counterproductive results.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0674081153
ISBN 13 
9780674081154
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
140

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780674081147: Breaking the Vicious Circle – Toward Effective Risk Regulation (The Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures, 1992)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  0674081145 ISBN 13:  9780674081147
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1993
Hardcover