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- Casey, Donal, 1984-, et al.
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A Tale of Two Crises : The Belgian and Irish Dioxin Contamination Incidents
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Ingår i: British Food Journal. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0007-070X .- 1758-4108. ; 112:10, s. 1077-1091
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose This paper aims to provide a focused overview of two dioxin incidents, with particular emphasis on regulatory successes and failures and their respective causes. The paper seeks to adopt a comparative approach to the case studies, with considerable use made of primary sources such as parliamentary debate, government reports and EC legislation. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a review of the strengths and weaknesses in the management of the Belgian and Irish dioxin contanimation incidents. Findings It is concluded that open, transparent and decisive risk management, based on robust risk assessment, is paramount in ensuring confidence in both the food supply chain and, in the feed and food safety regulatory process. It is also concluded that the 2008 Irish dioxin incident tested the reforms prompted by previous food scares. Practical implications It is important that the lessons from these two incidents are learnt if they are not to be repeated in other jurisdictions. Originality/value This is the first academic study of the 2008 Irish dioxin incident, one of the most significant recent food scares in the European Communities. The incident emphasises the vital role of open, transparent and decisive decision making in managing risk. In addition, through a comparative analysis of the Belgian and Irish incidents, the utility of the reforms prompted by previous food scares is demonstrated. In particular, the study highlights the important role played by the European Food Safety Authority in one of its first major tests as a risk assessor and risk communicator.
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- Casey, Donal, 1984-, et al.
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The Crystallization of Regulatory Norms
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Ingår i: Journal of Law and Society. - : Wiley. - 0263-323X .- 1467-6478. ; 38:1, s. 76-95
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article investigates the processes through which regulatory norms generally, and in the context of transnational private regulation (TPR) in particular, become effective. We argue that institutionalization — the embedding of norms within some wider structures which impact upon their distribution, enforcement, and mode of transmission — is generally central to the processes through which regulatory norms are crystallized. We note that, within processes of crystallization of TPR norms, the potential for managing legitimacy has been exploited through the institutionalization of policies, structures, and processes which are responsive to the beliefs, expectations or interests of the relevant legitimacy communities. However, we suggest that the focus of such legitimating strategies on the making of rules and standards exposes weaknesses and limits to the potential of such legitimation attaching to actions which implement such norms through monitoring and enforcement, particularly where such processes are embedded within supply-chain contracts.
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- Casey, Donal, 1984-, et al.
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The Parable of the Poisoned Pork : Network Governance and the 2008 Irish Pork Dioxin Contamination
- 2011
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Ingår i: Regulation and Governance. - : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. - 1748-5983 .- 1748-5991. ; 5:3, s. 333-349
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The 2008 contamination of Irish pork with dioxins was one of the most significant recent food safety incidents in the European Union (EU). While the contamination posed no real risk to public health, it tested the efficacy of EU food safety regulation and governance which has been considerably overhauled in the past decade. The exchange of risk information through networks of regulators is an important element of the EU food safety risk management framework. Networks are a much-lauded form of new governance, though they are not without their problems. In this paper, we address the question of why governance networks can fail. We examine this issues using the case study of the 2008 Irish dioxin contamination and explore the reason for the failure to make more substantial use of networks in the governance of that incident. We hypothesize that the reason for such failure may be found in three inherent tensions which exist in the design and management of networks, namely flexibility/stability, inclusiveness/efficiency, and internal/external legitimacy. The paper concludes that by ensuring the external legitimacy of the EU's Rapid Alert System for Feed and Food (RASFF) through increased transparency of communications, the design of RASFF has stifled its internal legitimacy with regard to certain types of important information exchanges.
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- Casey, Donal, 1984-, et al.
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Transforming Researchers into Educators : Some Reflections on the University College Dublin School of Law Syllabus Design Workshop 2010
- 2011
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Ingår i: German Law Journal. - : Cambridge University Press. ; 12:7, s. 1510-1528
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The priority given to the development of research skills during doctrinal legal education often neglects the importance of equipping PhD students with the pedagogical skills necessary to fulfill their important educational role as academics. Thus, in many instances there is a significant gap in the requisite skill base that PhD students acquire when they complete their doctrinal education. This paper outlines a first step that has been taken to address this deficiency in postgraduate legal education in Ireland. The PhD community of the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Law convened an internal Syllabus Design Workshop in April 2010 in order to provide doctrinal students with an opportunity to design a university module and to explore the issues which arise in undertaking such an exercise. The first part of this paper outlines how the workshop was conceived and convened, and provides an account of the considerations that each student had to take into account in the design of a syllabus. From here, we address the content of the workshop and reflect upon some of the important issues which were raised. Finally, we offer a number of recommendations in relation to the development of doctrinal students as future educators. By highlighting the importance of uniting research and teaching, it is hoped that this paper will contribute to postgraduate legal education in Ireland, and also internationally.
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