Contracts Regulation in UK Law
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Meta‐regulation of OTC derivatives contracts post reform
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the probable structure of bilateral derivatives contracts following international regulatory reforms. Design/methodology/approach: The theoretical ...
- Management Contracts and the Regulation of Public Enterprises
- Contracts and competition in the regulation of European stock exchanges
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PUBLIC‐PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS: A TALE OF TWO CITIES WITH DIFFERENT CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS
This paper analyses regulation by contract in public‐private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure services. Although the benefits of competition for the market and subsequent regulatory contracts...... ... PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS: A TALEOF TWO CITIES WITH DIFFERENT CONTRACTUALARRANGEMENTSRUI CUNHA MARQUES AND SANFORD BERGThis paper analyses regulation by contract in public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructureservices. Although the benefits of competition for the market and subsequent ... ...
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Public procurement of innovation policy: Competition regulation, market structure and dominant design
Recently, industry policy researchers have been more interested in public procurement, as a “demand side” policy approach. The mainstream exclusively targeted public procurement demand to push inno...... ... competition shaping instrument, and conducts an empirical study to measure the correlations among the competition regulation of procurement contracts awarding, industry competition structure and dominant design cultivation efficiency. INTRODUCTION Public procurement was first introduced as an ... ...
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Bank Charges and the Core Exemption: Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc
Consideration is given to the treatment of the core exemption in Regulation 6(2) of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 in Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Bank. Certain ...... ... exemption in Regula tion 6(2) of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 in O⁄ce of FairT rading v Abbey Nation al Bank ... plain intelligible language are looked at,before the scope of Regulation 6(2)(b) itself is addressed. INTROD UCTION O⁄ce of Fai rT r ading v ... ...
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‘Contractual Governance’ of Deviant Behaviour
This paper seeks to analyse and make sense of the growing role and implications of forms of ‘contractual governance’ that are emerging in diverse fields of social life and public policy in England ...... ... Collectively, these modes of control mimic and deploy ` contracts ' and ` agreement ' in the regulation of deviant conduct and disorderly ... ...
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A Strategic Approach to Regulating Unacceptable Forms of Work
Upgrading low‐waged and insecure work is central to contemporary labour and development initiatives, from the UN Sustainable Development Goals to the United Kingdom ‘Taylor Review’. The Internation...... ... Drawing on theoretical literatures at the frontline of regulation scholarship, it proposes a strategic approach to UFW regulation that ... North and South; and United Kingdom regulation of ` zero- hours contracts'. 271 * Durham Law School, Durham University, Palatine Centre, Stockton ... ...
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The role of firms' qualification in public contracts execution: An empirical assessment
According to the Italian regulation firms must qualify to bid in auctions for public work contracts worth more than 150,000 euros. In this paper, we investigate the link between the efficiency of i...... ... According t o the Italian regulation firms must qualify to bid in auctions for public work contracts worth more than 150,000 euros. In this paper, we investigate the link ... ...
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Smart contracts: will Fintech be the catalyst for the next global financial crisis?
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the risks associated with smart contracts, a disruptive financial technology (FinTech) innovation, and assesses how in the future they could threaten the integri...... ... By the nature of banks’off-balance-sheetvehicles being exempt from systematic regulation, theywere able to amasslarge amounts of risk. The opaquenessof the shadow banking market and the complexity ofthe risk constituted by its OTC ... ...
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