Introduction

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Abstract This introductory chapter has two aims. First, it examines regulation as a topic for study; reviews major developments in regulation; and outlines central themes in regulation. Second, it presents an argument. Section 2 looks at approaches to the definition of regulation. Section 3 describes landmarks in British regulatory theory and practice. Section 4, 5, and 6 considers major themes. Section 7 asks whether regulation is entering its prime as a science or approaching difficult mid-life crisis. It suggests that if regulatory science is to develop free from such a mid-life crisis, a number of themes should be explored further.

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