Noel Semple, “Risk, Freedom and the Regulation of Professions” (2023)

Noel Semple, “Risk, Freedom and the Regulation of Professions” (2023) (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4640225), online: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4640225.

Abstract

Review of Michael Trebilcock, Paradoxes of Professional Regulation: In Search of Regulatory Principles. Canadian Business Law Journal, Vol. 67, page 247. This review considers the regulation of professions through an examination of Michael Trebilcock's new book. The key themes include risk arising from service-provision, alternatives such as licensing and registration, and the political economy of occupational regulation. Trebilcock's book combines the virtues of "thinking like a lawyer" and "thinking like an economist."