书目名称 | Making and Changing Law in Small Jurisdictions |
编辑 | Caroline Morris |
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概述 | Covers a wide range of jurisdictions and areas of activity.Provides useful lessons for law-making states of any size.Gives theoretical and practical insights into the processes and outcomes of law-mak |
丛书名称 | The World of Small States |
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描述 | .This book puts the spotlight on a different and neglected aspect of law drafting and reform: the question of size. Specifically, how does the size of a jurisdiction affect its ability to make and change its laws?..Some of the challenges affecting small jurisdictions include: a lack of resources and paucity of policy/drafting capacity; the pressures and pull from sources outside the jurisdiction (e.g. international bodies or NGOs; larger states; treaty commitments); a vulnerability to domestic capture (e.g. criminal elements, big local businesses, strong domestic lobby groups); weak/bad governance (e.g. laws or institutions which themselves do not encourage or promote good governance, reflection and reform); the legacy of colonial legal systems and their interaction with indigenous or customary laws; and struggles to comply with constitutional norms such as accountability and transparency. Despite these difficulties small jurisdictions also have certain advantages when it comes to making and reforming law: they can be flexible and creative; they can legislate very quickly if the political will is there; and there is strong informal/formal accountability in a small jurisdiction...Th |
出版日期 | Book 2024 |
关键词 | Small jurisdictions; Law reform; Law drafting; Europe; Pacific; Caribbean; Post-colonial; Legal pluralism; C |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46943-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-46945-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-46943-5Series ISSN 2627-5996 Series E-ISSN 2627-6003 |
issn_series | 2627-5996 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |