<i>The EU Better Regulation Agenda: A Critical Assessment</i> offers a multi-faceted analysis of the legal and regulatory developments of the Agenda by highlighting the main elements of the EU legislative process, the role of member state governments, and institutional approaches that demonstrate the legal principles of the regulatory process… As the EU legislative framework evolves to meet new societal demands, this analysis will allow scholars and practitioners to better understand the institutional perspective and the Agenda’s impact on Europe. Scholars and practitioners interested in the developments of the EU legislative process and its regulatory implications will benefit from reading <i>The EU Better Regulation Agenda: A Critical Assessment</i>.

- Marcus Walsh-Führing, University of Bremen, Journal of Common Market Studies

To fully grasp the breadth and depth of the better regulation agenda, insights from all these different fields need to be taken seriously. Recognizing this, Garben and Govaere have edited a book that people interested in the EU’s better regulation agenda have been waiting for: a book that aims to take seriously the interdisciplinary nature of this peculiar field of study, and in one comprehensive volume tries to present and perhaps build bridges between often competing disciplines and perspectives to foster new insights. That ambitious attempt alone makes it a book worthy of recommendation.

- Morten Jarlbæk Pedersen, Common Market Law Review