0 the process of making people obey a law or rule, or making a particular situation happen or be accepted: --
Voters support the enforcement of immigration laws.
1 the process of making sure that people obey something such as a law or rule: --
enforcement of sth Firms in member states where enforcement of regulations is weaker could have an unfair competitive advantage
In this sense, multilateral agencies serve as an enforcement mechanism in an international setting, thereby providing a rationale for the existence of such organizations.
What is not clear from the record, however, is how this unwanted publicity was dealt with by law-enforcement agencies, police handlers, or the informers themselves.
In addition, many provided limited enforcement of existing intellectual property rights standards.
With a well-developed state apparatus, strong enforcement with taxation of the rents earmarked for redistribution would certainly be superior.
None of that apparatus exists to control the enforcement of shame.
The absence of agreed standards makes the enforcement of rigid thresholds suggested in guidelines difficult.
In the model presented in this paper, it is assumed that enforcement costs are non-linear, specifically that they are a convex function of effort.
Nevertheless, contract enforcement needs permanent adaptation to unexpected situations.
