Baldwin, Robert, Black, Julia 
ORCID: 0000-0002-5838-3265 and O’Leary, Gerard
(2014)
Risk regulation and transnationality: institutional accountability as a driver of innovation.
Transnational Environmental Law, 3 (2).
pp. 373-390.
ISSN 2047-1025
Abstract
This article describes the processes that led the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a National Inspection Plan for domestic waste water treatment systems, following intervention from European Union institutions. The discussion focuses on two issues: the role of transnational institutional settings in galvanizing innovation and regulatory reform, and the practical challenges of dealing with lower risks. It is argued that multi-level transnational regimes have considerable potential to stimulate high-level reviews of regulatory strategy. As a result, lower risks present challenges that cannot be ignored in favour of policies that focus on the most severe risks. Traditional risk regulation theories, it is contended, do not provide much assistance in selecting intervention strategies in the face of such pressures, but the example of the Irish EPA shows how regulators can address these issues.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://journals.cambridge.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Cambridge University Press |
| Divisions: | Law Centre for Analysis of Risk & Regulation |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management |
| JEL classification: | Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics > Q56 - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Equity |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2014 09:44 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2024 00:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/57709 |
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