The Public Interest' in Regulation scale and grassroots political mobilization seemed

and grassroots political mobilization seemed unlikely to free trade advocates

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and the first full-scale commentary of this work in English

The Public Interest' in Regulation scale and grassroots political mobilization seemedThe concept of 'the public interest' is often used in legal and political discourse, lending an air of legitimacy and respectability to exercises of power. However the term is rarely defined in any meaningful sense. Even where it has the appearance of a term of art in legal or regulatory usage, it may, in reality be no more than an empty vessel, waiting to be filled with whatever values the user wishes. This lack of definition renders the concept