Securing Compliance : : Seven Case Studies / / ed. by Martin Friedland.

The legislator makes laws, the justice system enforces them, and the citizen complies – or doesn’t comply – with them. Securing compliance is the subject of these interdisciplinary studies. Each attempts to give us a better understanding of why people comply with the law and what techniques may prov...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
MitwirkendeR:
HerausgeberIn:
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1990
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (440 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Contributors --
Introduction --
1. Enforcing Canada’s Prostitution Laws, 1892-1920: Rhetoric and Practice --
2. Controlling Interests: Two Conceptions of Order in Regulating a Financial Market --
3. Tax Evasion: Searching for a Theory of Compliant Behaviour --
4. Regulating Traffic Safety --
5. Persuasion, Penalties, and Prosecution: Administrative v. Criminal Sanctions --
6. The Effect of Environmental Regulation: Mercury and Sulphur Dioxide --
7. Family Violence: A Study in Social and Legal Sanctions
Summary:The legislator makes laws, the justice system enforces them, and the citizen complies – or doesn’t comply – with them. Securing compliance is the subject of these interdisciplinary studies. Each attempts to give us a better understanding of why people comply with the law and what techniques may prove most effective in achieving that goal.Various studies examine the regulation of prostitution in Canada, the regulation of securities by securities commissions and stock exchanges, compliance with tax laws, prevention of traffic accidents, the use of administrative penalties as compared with criminal prosecutions, regulation of pollution control, and the issues of family violence.Together the studies raise two important questions. Are we now relying too heavily on criminal prosecution in many areas? And would society’s objectives be better served through less punitive means? Alternatives include the use of rewards and administrative penalties, control by licensing and limiting exposure to and controlling opportunities for wrongdoing.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781442679696
9783110490947
DOI:10.3138/9781442679696
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Martin Friedland.