To Whom Does Australian Corporate and Consumer Legislation Speak?

Abstract

Is it feasible for regulation (and particularly legislation) effectively to communicate to the participants the rights, duties, processes, and procedures that embody the regulatory goals upon which they are meant to act. Looking at attempts in Australia to implement this regulatory strategy in the fields of corporate law andconsumer law, this article suggests that a more profound change would need to occur in the form and style of Australian legislation before such an approach is viable.