1st Edition

The Legislative Process in Great Britain

By S. A. Walkland Copyright 1968
112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1968, this book deals with the process of public legislation in modern Britain at the time, not in terms of constitutional formulae, but by a realistic appraisal of the relationships between the political institutions and forces which gave the process its shape. It concentrates particularly on the procedures and conventions which operated at the preparatory stages of... Read more

Introduction.  1. Legislation as a Process  2. The Sources of Legislative Policy  3. Consultation and the Role of Pressure Groups in the Legislative Process  4. Consultation and the Role of Pressure Groups in Delegated Legislation  5. Cabinet Control of the Legislative Process in the Primary Stages  6. Government Control of the Stages of Parliamentary Scrutiny and Criticism  7. Proposals for the Reform of the Legislative Process.  Recommended for Further Reading.  Index.

Biography

S. A. Walkland