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Purnhagen, Kai P. --- "Regulatory validity" [2018] ELECD 1296; in Micklitz, Hans-W.; Sibony, Anne-Lise; Esposito, Fabrizio (eds), "Research Methods in Consumer Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 276

Book Title: Research Methods in Consumer Law

Editor(s): Micklitz, Hans-W.; Sibony, Anne-Lise; Esposito, Fabrizio

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781785366604

Section: Chapter 8

Section Title: Regulatory validity

Author(s): Purnhagen, Kai P.

Number of pages: 20

Abstract/Description:

This chapter introduces a regulatory validity test for behavioural studies to be implemented into legal contexts using the example of European Union consumer law. It takes seriously criticism regarding a lack of legal knowledge and lack of involvement of legal expertise into behavioural policy-making and provides a solution for how to implement them. When assessing the quality of behavioural studies, in this context meaning the ‘fit for purpose’ to guide law-making and interpretation, the ‘regulatory validity’ test will ascertain that such studies can be used as indicators to support legal argumentation.