1st Edition

Parliaments and Post-Legislative Scrutiny

Edited By Franklin de Vrieze, Philip Norton Copyright 2021
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

To what extent have parliaments a responsibility to monitor how laws are implemented as intended and have the expected impact? Is the practice of Post-Legislative Scrutiny emerging as a new dimension within the oversight role of parliament? What approach do parliaments apply in assessing the implementation and impact of legislation? These are the fascinating questions guiding this book.... Read more

1. The significance of post-legislative scrutiny

Franklin De Vrieze and Philip Norton

2. A deliberative approach to post-legislative scrutiny? Lessons from Australia’s ad hoc approach

Sarah Moulds

3. The UK post-legislative scrutiny gap

Tom Caygill

4. Ex-post evaluation in the European Parliament: an increasing influence on the policy cycle

Irmgard Anglmayer and Amandine Scherrer

5. Post-Legislative Scrutiny in Europe: how the oversight on implementation of legislation by parliaments in Europe is getting stronger

Franklin De Vrieze

6. How parliaments monitor Sustainable Development Goals - a ground for application of post-legislative scrutiny

Fotios Fitsilis and Franklin De Vrieze

7. Towards parliamentary full cycle engagement in the legislative process: innovations and challenges

Jonathan Murphy

Biography

Franklin De Vrieze is Senior Governance Adviser at the Technical Advisory Unit of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy in London, UK.

Philip Norton is Professor of Government at the University of Hull, UK, and sits in the UK House of Lords as Lord Norton of Louth. He was the first chair of the House of Lords Constitution Committee.