From chasing violations to managing risks: Origins, challenges and evolutions in regulatory inspections

Abstract

Florentin Blanc focuses specifically on regulatory inspections and enforcement, their historical development, contrasted approaches and methods, and their relative effectiveness in achieving regulatory objectives. Inspections aimed at verifying compliance with regulations are one of the most significant activities of modern states in terms of the number of staff employed or of people affected, and one of the most visible ones - but have long remained relatively under-researched, or at least not considered "as such".