Quality of Legislation

This book contains the proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Legislation (IAL), which took place in Lisbon during June 24-25, 2010. The IAL develops the study of theoretical and practical approaches to legislation and promotes the cooperation between different countries in the area of lawmaking. The general topic of the Congress was 'quality of legislation.' The published papers debate the following issues: the essential content of quality of legislation * how legislative procedure can contribute to favor quality * the role of regulatory impact assessment * how can an optimal accessibility to legislation be realized. Furthermore, 25 papers are included which provide a valuable contribution to the enlargement of the debate on legisprudence, or more broadly to all efforts to improve legislative quality. The book also includes the abstracts of all poster sessions presented during the Congress. (Series: International Association of Legislation (IAL) / Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Gesetzgebung (DGG) - Vol. 16)