Cobblers. Lawyers’ views on the quality of legislation

Astill, Honor, Dhiblawe, Sihaam, Egan, Adair, Hampton, Kate, Monaghan, Emma, McCarry, Sean, Page, Edward C. ORCID: 0000-0002-7117-3342 and Sollis, Jac (2024) Cobblers. Lawyers’ views on the quality of legislation. Statute Law Review. ISSN 0144-3593 (In Press)

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Abstract

This paper explores the question of whether there are any characteristic features of the way law is made in the UK that leads to problems of legislative quality on the basis of a survey of 559 legal professionals including practising barristers and solicitors as well as academics. The paper begins by discussing how “quality” is to be understood and outlining the nature of the survey. It goes on to set out how respondents characterise problems of quality in the legislation they are familiar with, what the consequences of any defects might be, what causes these defects and what can be done to remedy them. The paper goes on to discuss some of the broader implications of the results of the survey drawing on the observations of Sir William Dale.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Government
Subjects:	K Law J Political Science
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2024 16:33
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 04:35
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/126145

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