Regulation and administrative law

Part 1: Regulation and the Greater Good

After viewing The Crisis of Credit Visualized https://vimeo.com/3261363

video, respond to each of the following:

Ø How could government regulations have prevented or mitigated the credit crisis of 2008?

Ø Discuss whether too much governmental regulation of business or too little governmental regulation of business presents the greater danger to:

the greater good

business

Part 2: Administrative Law and Business

Some argue that government needs to increase its regulation of business for the good of society as a whole. Others believe that the marketplace is self-regulating and that government intervention through needless regulation places an unfair, costly burden on businesses in general and on small businesses in par­ticular.

Ø What role do you believe government regulation should play to ensure ethical conduct by businesses?

Ø How do different political viewpoints potentially shape the answer to this question?

Supplemental Resources

This unit deals with contract and elements of same. Please watch at your convenience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6-iXSJTKRA