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This timely book provides the first legal and policy analysis of
the intellectual property (IP) aspects of a rapidly-growing
category of regulatory measures affecting the presentation and
advertising of certain health-related goods. The key goods examined
are tobacco, alcohol, food, and pharmaceuticals. Chapters focusing
on both distinct policy areas and specific country examples serve
to unearth the inherent tension emerging between these new measures
as well as other categories of public health measures and IP
regimes. This book discusses how to balance the legitimate
interests of governments to promote human health and the protection
and enforcement of IP rights. It also further explores how to amend
IP regimes with a view to encouraging companies to produce and
market healthier products. Comprehensive and engaging, this book
will provide innovative research angles to academics and students
in the areas of both health and IP law. Its wealth of examples and
analytic style will also prove insightful to legal professionals
who advise on issues related to IP and public health as well as
policy makers, governments and NGOs. Contributors include: A.
Alemanno, J. Blum, E. BonadioI, I. Calboli, I. Carreno, M. Chon, M.
Davison, M. Elsmore, M.T. Fujiye, E. Laurenza, A. Marsoof, A.
Mitchell, V. Vadi
'Even the best-laid policy plans go awry. What do we do when,
despite our best preventive efforts, a surprise crisis occurs? How
do we regulate a disaster while it is unfolding? From volcanoes to
tornadoes, and tsunamis to terrorists, extreme events test our
resilience. In this illuminating volume, regulatory scholar Alberto
Alemanno and his colleagues diagnose the complex combination of
natural disasters and flawed institutions that make these crises so
difficult to manage. They offer a set of insights and remedies that
must be read by anyone concerned to deal with disasters in the
future.' - Jonathan B. Wiener, Duke University'This comprehensive
edited volume makes an important and much needed contribution to an
increasingly important dimension of risk assessment and management,
namely emergency risk regulation. Drawing upon the responses of
government, businesses, and the public to the 2010 volcanic
eruption in Iceland - which disrupted European air travel, it
offers important lessons for policy-makers who are likely to
confront similar unanticipated global risks. The recent nuclear
power disaster in Japan makes this volume both timely and
prescient.' - David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley
Emergency crises have always tested our ability to organize and
swiftly execute a coordinated response. Both natural and unnatural
disasters pose new questions to which previous experience provides
only limited answers. These challenges are arguably greater than
ever, in a more globalized world confronted by a truly
transnational hazard. This is the first volume that addresses the
complexities of the volcanic ash cloud that overshadowed Europe in
April 2011, but has subsequently struck again in Australia, Chile
and Europe. It does so from a multidisciplinary perspective,
drawing upon research from economics, law, sociology and other
fields, as well as volcanology and leading expertise in jet
engineering. While our knowledge base is wide-ranging, there is a
common focus on the practical lessons of the ash cloud crisis both
for subsequent eruptions and for emergency risk regulation more
generally. Among many other insights Governing Disasters explains
why it was that industry and regulators were largely unprepared for
a phenomenon about which we were not scientifically ignorant. It
concludes that the toolbox of risk regulation should not be
expected to provide ready-made solutions but applied flexibly,
creatively and with some humility. This unique and timely resource
will be useful to policy makers, scholars, officials of
international organizations, research institutions and consumer
groups who want to acquire or further develop their capacities for
risk regulation. For teaching purposes it is ideal for courses on
risk regulation, disaster law and policy, and crisis management or
as a supplement in courses on environmental law, transport law,
space law or land use. Contributors: A. Alemanno, N. Bernard, V.
Brannigan, C.M. Briggs, M. Broberg, A. Burgess, G.G. Castellano, S.
Chakraborty, A. Fioritto, F. Hansstein, L. Jachia, A. Jeunemaitre,
C. Johnson, C. Lawless, F.B. Lopez-Jurado, D. Macrae, M. Mazzocchi,
V. Nikonov, M. Ragona, M. Simoncini, A.M. Viens
This volume presents the viewpoints of academics, food lawyers,
industry and consumer representatives as well as those of EU
policymakers on the first ten years of activity of one of the most
prominent European agencies. Its broader purpose, however, is to
discuss the future role played by EFSA within the rapidly-evolving
area of EU food law and policy. By revisiting and discussing the
milestones in the history of EFSA, the collection provides
forward-looking views of food leaders and practitioners on the
future scientific and regulatory challenges facing the European
Union. In particular, by presenting a critical assessment of the
agency's activities within its different areas of work, the book
offers readers a set of innovative tools for evaluating policy
recommendations and better equips experts and the public to address
pressing regulatory issues in this emotive area of law and policy.
Despite its celebratory mood, the book's focus is more about the
future than the past of EU food law and policy. Each chapter
discusses how EFSA's role has evolved and identifies what it should
have done differently while presenting an overall assessment of how
the agency has discharged its mandate.
It is over 40 years since we began to reflect upon risk in a more
social than technological and economic fashion, firstly making
sense of the gap between expert and public assessment of risks,
such as to our health and environment. With fixed certainties of
the past eroded and the technological leaps of 'big data', ours is
truly an age of risk, uncertainty and probability - from Google's
algorithms to the daily management of personal lifestyle risks.
Academic reflection and research has kept pace with these dizzying
developments but remains an intellectually fragmented field, shaped
by professional imperatives and disciplinary boundaries, from risk
analysis to regulation and social research. This is the first
attempt to draw together and define risk studies, through a
definitive collection written by the leading scholars in the field.
It will be an indispensable resource for the many scholars,
students and professionals engaging with risk but lacking a
resource to draw it all together.
This volume presents the viewpoints of academics, food lawyers,
industry and consumer representatives as well as those of EU
policymakers on the first ten years of activity of one of the most
prominent European agencies. Its broader purpose, however, is to
discuss the future role played by EFSA within the rapidly-evolving
area of EU food law and policy. By revisiting and discussing the
milestones in the history of EFSA, the collection provides
forward-looking views of food leaders and practitioners on the
future scientific and regulatory challenges facing the European
Union. In particular, by presenting a critical assessment of the
agency's activities within its different areas of work, the book
offers readers a set of innovative tools for evaluating policy
recommendations and better equips experts and the public to address
pressing regulatory issues in this emotive area of law and policy.
Despite its celebratory mood, the book's focus is more about the
future than the past of EU food law and policy. Each chapter
discusses how EFSA's role has evolved and identifies what it should
have done differently while presenting an overall assessment of how
the agency has discharged its mandate.
The premise of this volume is that business regulations are
expected to grow in the near future as a consequence of the
emergence of a "(world) risk society." Risks related to terrorism,
climate change, and financial crises, for example, will penetrate
all conditions of life. Increasingly, the decisions and actions of
some bring about risks for many in this era of globalization.
Controlling these risks implies managing the world through
high-quality regulation, with a particular emphasis on businesses
and financial institutions. Central to this approach is the
argument that a major, if not the primary, aim of regulation is to
internalize externalities, or in a broader context, to repair
market failure. Such repair can only be accomplished when the costs
are smaller than the welfare gains. Featuring contributions from
researchers and policy analysts from the fields of economics,
management, law, sociology, political science, and environmental
policy, this book focuses on three major topics: * Social risks and
business regulation * Preconditions for better business regulation
* Theoretical issues related to better business regulation
Collectively, the authors demonstrate that the easier it is for
regulated businesses to comply at the lowest costs possible-without
jeopardizing the related public goals-the greater the degree of
compliance. When successful, the net result is a balance of
individual and collective net benefits, and by further implication,
sustainable business practice and economic growth.
The premise of this volume is that business regulations are
expected to grow in the near future as a consequence of the
emergence of a "(world) risk society." Risks related to terrorism,
climate change, and financial crises, for example, will penetrate
all conditions of life. Increasingly, the decisions and actions of
some bring about risks for many in this era of globalization.
Controlling these risks implies managing the world through
high-quality regulation, with a particular emphasis on businesses
and financial institutions. Central to this approach is the
argument that a major, if not the primary, aim of regulation is to
internalize externalities, or in a broader context, to repair
market failure. Such repair can only be accomplished when the costs
are smaller than the welfare gains. Featuring contributions from
researchers and policy analysts from the fields of economics,
management, law, sociology, political science, and environmental
policy, this book focuses on three major topics: * Social risks and
business regulation * Preconditions for better business regulation
* Theoretical issues related to better business regulation
Collectively, the authors demonstrate that the easier it is for
regulated businesses to comply at the lowest costs possible-without
jeopardizing the related public goals-the greater the degree of
compliance. When successful, the net result is a balance of
individual and collective net benefits, and by further implication,
sustainable business practice and economic growth.
It is over 40 years since we began to reflect upon risk in a more
social than technological and economic fashion, firstly making
sense of the gap between expert and public assessment of risks,
such as to our health and environment. With fixed certainties of
the past eroded and the technological leaps of 'big data', ours is
truly an age of risk, uncertainty and probability - from Google's
algorithms to the daily management of personal lifestyle risks.
Academic reflection and research has kept pace with these dizzying
developments but remains an intellectually fragmented field, shaped
by professional imperatives and disciplinary boundaries, from risk
analysis to regulation and social research. This is the first
attempt to draw together and define risk studies, through a
definitive collection written by the leading scholars in the field.
It will be an indispensable resource for the many scholars,
students and professionals engaging with risk but lacking a
resource to draw it all together.
As the European Union undergoes a major, self-proclaimed democratic
exercise - the Conference on the Future of Europe - and approaches
Treaty change, this volume offers a new model of citizen
participation to address Europe's long-standing democracy
challenge, and respond to the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Proposed are a set of democratic innovations, ranging from
citizens' assemblies to regulatory gaming to citizens' initiatives
and lobbying, which are complementary, not antagonistic, to
existing representative democracy across the European continent.
These innovations are emerging bottom-up across the continent and
getting traction at local, national and EU level in a new era
powered by technology. This book brings together academics as well
as practitioners to give a forward-looking, holistic view of the
realities of EU citizen participation across the spectrum of
participatory opportunities. They all converge in arguing that,
after many years of proven experimentation, the EU must
institutionalize supranational, participative and deliberative,
democratic channels to complement representative democracy and each
other, and ultimately improve the effectiveness of EU citizen
participation. While this institutional approach will not magically
treat the EU democratic malaise, it should make the system more
intelligible, accessible, and ultimately responsive to citizen
demand-without necessarily undertaking Treaty reform. The attempt
to harness citizen participation to help address the current EU
crisis needs the type of multi-faceted approach presented in this
book. One that recognises the potential of existing and new
democratic mechanisms, and also, importantly, the links between
different instruments of citizen participation to improve the
overall quality of EU's democratic system.
Behavioural sciences help refine our understanding of human
decision-making. Their insights are immensely relevant for
policy-making since public intervention works much better when it
targets real people rather than imaginary beings assumed to be
perfectly rational. Increasingly, governments around the world are
keen to rely on those insights for reshaping public interventions
in a wide range of policy areas such as energy, health, financial
services and data protection. When policy-making meets behavioural
sciences, effective and low-cost regulations can emerge in the form
of default rules, smart disclosure and simplification requirements.
While behaviourally-informed intervention has a huge potential for
policymaking, it also attracts legitimacy and practicability
concerns. Nudge and the Law takes a European perspective on those
issues and explores the legal implications of the emergent
phenomenon of behavioural regulation by focusing on the challenges
and opportunities it may offer to EU policy-making and beyond.
Behavioural sciences help refine our understanding of human
decision-making. Their insights are immensely relevant for
policy-making since public intervention works much better when it
targets real people rather than imaginary beings assumed to be
perfectly rational. Increasingly, governments around the world are
keen to rely on those insights for reshaping public interventions
in a wide range of policy areas such as energy, health, financial
services and data protection. When policy-making meets behavioural
sciences, effective and low-cost regulations can emerge in the form
of default rules, smart disclosure and simplification requirements.
While behaviourally-informed intervention has a huge potential for
policymaking, it also attracts legitimacy and practicability
concerns. Nudge and the Law takes a European perspective on those
issues and explores the legal implications of the emergent
phenomenon of behavioural regulation by focusing on the challenges
and opportunities it may offer to EU policy-making and beyond.
This collection of essays looks at the role the European Union
could and should play in promoting healthier lifestyle, in light of
the moral, philosophical, legal and political challenges associated
with the regulation of individual choices. By tackling the main
non-communicable diseases (NCD) risk factors (tobacco consumption,
harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diets and lack of physical
activity), the contributors endeavour to identify common themes and
determine whether and, if so, to what extent the lessons learned in
relation to each area of EU intervention could be transposed to the
others. By focusing on the European Union legal order, the book
highlights both the opportunities that legal instruments offer for
NCD prevention and control agenda in Europe, as well as the
constraints that the law imposes on policy-makers.
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