Paradoxes of Professional Regulation: In Search of Regulatory Principles

Occupational Licensure, Including Regulation Of The Professions, Dates Back To The Medieval Period. While The Guilds That Performed This Regulatory Function Have Long Since Vanished, Professional Regulation Continues To This Day. For Instance, In The United States, 22 Per Cent Of American Workers Must Hold Licenses Simply To Do Their Jobs. While Long-established Professions Have More Settled Regulatory Paradigms, The Case Studies In Paradoxes Of Professional Regulation Explore Other Professions, Taking Note Of Incompetent Services And The Serious Risks They Pose To The Physical, Mental, Or Emotional Health, Financial Well-being, Or Legal Status Of Uninformed Consumers. Michael J. Trebilcock Examines Five Case Studies Of The Regulation Of Diverse Professions, Including Alternative Medicine, Mental Health Care Provision, Financial Planning, Immigration Consulting, And Legal Services. Noting The Widely Divergent Approaches To The Regulation Of The Same Professions Across Different Jurisdictions - Paradoxes Of Professional Regulation - The Book Is An Attempt To Develop A Set Of Regulatory Principles For The Future. In Its Comparative Approach, Paradoxes Of Professional Regulation Gets At The Heart Of The Tensions Influencing The Regulatory Landscape, And Works Toward Practical Lessons For Bringing Greater Coherence To The Way In Which Professions Are Regulated. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Paradoxes Of Professional Regulation: Under- And Over-regulation Of Professional Service Markets -- 2 Regulating Alternative Medicines: Disorder In The Borderlands -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Major Schools Of Cam And Their Regulation -- 2.3 Disorder In The Borderlands -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 Regulating Mental Health Care Providers: Building Stronger Signposts Through The Maze -- 3.1 The Contemporary Context -- 3.2 A Menu Of Regulatory Instruments -- 3.3 A Comparative Review Of The Regulation Of Psychotherapeutic Services -- 3.4 Confronting The Central Regulatory Dilemmas -- 4 Financial Advisers And Planners: Planning Without A Regulatory Plan -- 4.1 The Nature Of The Regulatory Challenges -- 4.2 The Menu Of Regulatory Options -- 4.3 A Comparative Overview Of Regulatory Regimes For Financial Advisers/planners -- 4.4 The Example Of Ontario -- 4.5 General Regulatory Principles -- Appendix 4.1 Regulatory Approaches Across Jurisdictions -- 5 Regulating Immigration Consultants: Precarity And Exploitation -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Ineffective Regulation Of Immigration Consultants In Canada -- 5.3 A Comparative Overview Of Regulatory Regimes For Immigration Consultants -- 5.4 Conclusion: The Contours Of An Optimal Regulatory Regime For Immigration Consultants -- Appendix 5.1 The Roles Of The Regulatory Body Across Selected Jurisdictions -- 6 Regulating The Market For Legal Services: Paradoxes Of Over- And Under-regulation Within A Single Profession -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Price Of Justice -- 6.3 Prices And Costs -- 6.4 Post-entry Regulation Of Competence -- 6.5 Self-regulation Of The Legal Profession -- 7 Conclusion: Reducing The Paradoxes Of Professional Regulation -- 7.1 Problem Identification -- 7.2 The Choice Of Regulatory Instrument -- 7.3 The Political Economy Of Professional Regulation -- Index Michael J. Trebilcock. Funded By University Of Toronto Libraries Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.