ABSTRACT
The main part of this book is the (slightly truncated) transcript of Dr Malcolm Cross’s FTP hearing at the HPC. It is examined in order to think about what the HPC form of regulation means, not because the actions of the man himself are particularly interesting; they are not. The main aim of the work is not to know anything in particular about Dr Cross, although this proves unavoidable—he has been thrust to the front of the picture and hides the real object of our analysis. Nevertheless our purpose is to understand how the HPC realizes its mandate of regulation. By reading this transcript with that aim in mind, it is possible to see behind the man in the dock and to ignore the details of the case and instead to focus on the people, ideas and structures that make up the context of the case, and that turn this into a case, in fact.
