Overview
This book is the first in the world to provide a cross-national, comparative exploration of omnibus legislation. It contributes to the global debate over omnibus legislation and offers comprehensive, thorough and multifaceted coverage that concerns the fields of legislation and legisprudence, comparative law, political science, public policy and economics. Beyond its relevance for these fields, the book will support practitioners in parliaments, governments and courts, thereby impacting the actual use of omnibus legislation. A new, major and controversial reform is enacted in the middle of the night. It is buried in a massive omnibus bill hundreds of pages in length, which is rammed through the legislative process at breakneck speed. The legislators receive the final version of the bill in the very last minute, and protest that they’ve had no opportunity to read it in detail and know what they’re voting upon. The majority party’s legislative leaders, however, are unimpressed, and the law is eventually passed on the basis of strict party discipline. Though it may sound far-fetched, this scenario is all too familiar in many legislatures around the world. The legislative practice of combining numerous unrelated measures in one long bill, which is often passed via a highly expedited process, has become a matter of intense debate and criticism in many countries.
Full Product Details
Author: Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition: 1st ed. 2021
Volume: 8
Weight: 0.534kg
ISBN: 9783030727505
ISBN 10: 3030727505
Pages: 333
Publication Date: 29 May 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
One of the main merits of the volume is that it not only describes and discusses omnibus legislation, but also provides useful and valuable observations and suggestions for its regulation. ... Bar-Siman-Tov's seems to have achieved his goal of provide valuable insights for practitioners in addition to contributing to scientific debates on this topic. The drafters and enactors of legislation, such as politicians, parliamentarians, legislative drafters, and parliamentary officials are strongly advised to peruse this book ... . Bar-Siman-Tov's book provides an excellent basis, as well as useful suggestions ... . (Noemi Sebok, International Journal of Parliamentary Studies, November 8, 2021) Policymakers, public sector lawyers, and legislative drafters will welcome this book if for no other reason than enabling them to confirm to themselves, and to explain to others, that they are not alone in facing and resisting increasing political pressures towards the use of omnibus legislation. ... this book will remain a helpful starting point for those wishing to marshal experience and arguments. The authors and editor have therefore done us a great service. (Daniel Greenberg CB, Statute Law Review, Vol. 42 (3), October, 2021)
“One of the main merits of the volume is that it not only describes and discusses omnibus legislation, but also provides useful and valuable observations and suggestions for its regulation. … Bar-Siman-Tov’s seems to have achieved his goal of provide valuable insights for practitioners in addition to contributing to scientific debates on this topic. The drafters and enactors of legislation, such as politicians, parliamentarians, legislative drafters, and parliamentary officials are strongly advised to peruse this book … . Bar-Siman-Tov’s book provides an excellent basis, as well as useful suggestions … .” (Noémi Sebők, International Journal of Parliamentary Studies, November 8, 2021) “Policymakers, public sector lawyers, and legislative drafters will welcome this book if for no other reason than enabling them to confirm to themselves, and to explain to others, that they are not alone in facing and resisting increasing political pressures towards the use of omnibus legislation. … this book will remain a helpful starting point for those wishing to marshal experience and arguments. The authors and editor have therefore done us a great service.” (Daniel Greenberg CB, Statute Law Review, Vol. 42 (3), October, 2021)
Author Information
Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov is an Associate Professor at Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law, where he also serves as co-director of the dual degree program in law and political science, and Head of BIU Innovation Lab for Law, Data-Science and Digital Ethics. He is also General Editor of the international journal The Theory and Practice of Legislation, and founding Co-Chair of the Israeli Association of Legislation. His scholarship has been published in leading journals (such as Georgetown Law Journal, Boston University Law Review, Regulation and Governance, and American Journal of Comparative Law) and received multiple awards and research grants.
