Law Making and the Scottish Parliament : : The Early Years / / Kay E. Goodall, Fraser P. Davidson, Elaine E. Sutherland, Gavin F.M. Little.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Sutherland, Elaine E.,; Goodall, Kay E.,; Little, Gavin F.M.,
• MitwirkendeR: Cabrelli, David,; Craggs, Trudi,; Cross, Stuart,; Davidson, Fraser P.,; Faulds, Ann,; Ferguson, Pamela R.,; Little, Gavin F. M.,; McDiarmid, Claire,; McManus, Francis,; O’Neill Qc, Aidan,; Page, Alan,; Reid, Colin T.,; Rennie, Robert,; Robert, Dunbar,; Robson, Peter,; Scott Qc, Janys M,; Sutherland, Elaine E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law : ESL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (432 p.)

The first wide-ranging critical analysis of law and policy legislative developments after the Scottish devolution settlementGBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748640195','9780748645435');Law Making and the Scottish Parliament covers the period from 1999 to 2009. It begins with a brief account of the devolution settlement and summarises the themes emerging from the subsequent chapters.17 themed chapters, each dedicated to a discrete area of the law and written by an acknowledged expert in the field, evaluate what the Scottish Parliament has achieved, what it has failed to do and what might be done in the future. In a single volume, Law Making and The Scottish Parliament: The Early Years provides a scholarly evaluation of a number of legislative achievements of Scotland’s devolved parliament in its first decade. It will appeal to legal and other scholars and students, lawyers and anyone with an interest in Scottish politics, policy-making and law."

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Table of Cases -- Table of Westminster Statutes -- Table of Scottish Parliament Statutes -- Table of Westminster Statutory Instruments -- Table of Scottish Statutory Instruments -- The Scottish Parliament – Its Genesis and Operation -- 1 Law Making and the Scottish Parliament: The Early Years in Context -- 2 A Parliament that is Different? The Law-Making Process in the Scottish Parliament -- Rights and Society -- 3 Human Rights and People and Society -- 4 Child and Family Law: Progress and Pusillanimity -- 5 Culture -- 6 Charity Law: An Issue of choice -- Public Administration and Services -- 7 Local Government -- 8 Housing -- 9 Education: Could Do Better -- Justice and Legal System -- 10 The Reform of the Scottish Judiciary -- 11 Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: An Exercise in Ad Hocery -- 12 Juvenile Offending: Welfare or Toughness -- 13 Evidence -- Economy and Environment -- 14 Property Law: How the World Changed at Martinmas -- 15 Business -- 16 Environment and Sustainable Development -- 17 Transport -- Index