THE PROCEDURALIZATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW

The trend towards ever more technical regulatory regimes associated wi th the reform of telecommunications provision and regulation in the in dustrialized countries appears to be reversing itself, as changes acro ss a number of jurisdictions occur which may be loosely characterized as a process of proceduralization, These changes have three facets: a shift towards more general regulatory norms; greater emphasis on proce dural, as opposed to substantive, regulatory rules; and greater relian ce on regulatory institutions of a general rather than sector-specific character, Explanations are offered not simply by reference to the ex ternal pressures, but also the adapation of the legal system itself. ( C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.