Agency over technocracy: how lawyer archetypes infect regulatory approaches: the FCA example

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/1460728x.2022.2059742

T. Clark, R. Moorhead, S. Vaughan, A. Brener

引用次数: 1

Abstract

ABSTRACT In this article, we look at the contested role of in-house lawyers in regulated organisations in the financial sector. A recent Financial Conduct Authority consultation on whether to designate the head of legal of banks, insurance companies and other financial firms as ‘Senior Managers’ and the decision which flowed from it, reflected a flawed view of lawyers as a neutral technocracy of mere legal technicians; we show how the FCA’s decision is potentially damaging to the public interest and failed to take into account that in-house lawyers are often important decision-makers and influencers within their organisations. We put the case for an alternative view; that in-house lawyers are professionals, with agency that requires them to act in accordance with ethical norms and means they should be made more accountable for their conduct.

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机构凌驾于技术官僚之上：律师原型如何影响监管方法：以FCA为例

摘要在这篇文章中，我们将探讨内部律师在金融行业受监管组织中的争议角色。金融行为监管局最近就是否将银行、保险公司和其他金融公司的法律主管指定为“高级管理人员”以及由此产生的决定进行了磋商，反映了一种有缺陷的观点，即律师是一个纯粹由法律技术人员组成的中立技术官僚；我们展示了FCA的决定如何潜在地损害公众利益，并且没有考虑到内部律师通常是其组织中的重要决策者和影响者。我们提出了另一种观点；内部律师是专业人士，该机构要求他们按照道德规范行事，这意味着他们应该对自己的行为更加负责。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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