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dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Ralf
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:29:50Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:29:50Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.date.modified2009-07-24T06:34:41Z
dc.identifier.issn0198268572
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/8592
dc.description.abstract“Smart Regulation” is the latest offering in the Oxford series on Socio-Legal Studies, intended to “advance understanding of the social reality of law and legal processes”. It takes its place beside previous volumes such as “Sexually Transmitted Debt” - certainly a more eye-catching title than, say, mortgages and divorce law. Written by Neil Gunningham, Peter Grabowsky and (in part) Darren Sinclair it is a dense tome, difficult to distil to a simple essence. It has nearly 500 pages of small print, each with voluminous footnotes in really tiny print. In fact p. 318 has only 2 lines of text and 50 lines of footnotes. It’s very well produced. I found only one typo: in a reference to the Bhopal disaster, “union carbide” is printed in lower case (p. 140). And I found only one loose end: “Golden Carrots and Green Lights” are referred to on p. 47 and again on p. 418, but nowhere are they defined or described. It’s a solid and factual presentation, which needs care and concentration to digest, but ultimately the take-home message is clear: speak softly and carry a big stick.
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherLBC
dc.publisher.placeNSW
dc.publisher.urihttp://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/category/journals/environmental-and-planning-law-journal/
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom361
dc.relation.ispartofpageto363
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEnvironmenal Planning Law Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume17 (4)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistory and Archaeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode21
dc.titleSpeak softly and carry a big stick
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC3 - Articles (Letter/ Note)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2000 Thomson Legal & Regulatory Limited. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2000
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gro.griffith.authorBuckley, Ralf


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