by alicetyson | Jun 25, 2020 | Research, Sir William Dale Centre
By Franklin De Vrieze, Senior Governance Adviser, Westminster Foundation for Democracy How do the national parliaments of France and the UK assess the impact of the legislation they have adopted? In this article, Franklin De Vrieze compares the role of parliamentary...
by Lindsey Caffin | May 25, 2020 | Research, Sir William Dale Centre
What is your current role? I am Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at the Department of Law, University of Genoa, Italy, where I hold a course in Constitutional Law, a course in Legislative Drafting and a course in Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. I am...
by alicetyson | Apr 27, 2020 | Sir William Dale Centre
By Franklin De Vrieze, Senior Governance Adviser, Westminster Foundation for Democracy Post-legislative scrutiny and preparing for the rollback of emergency legislation can reverse losses of democratic space, privacy and civil liberties and prevent these ossifying...
by alicetyson | Feb 14, 2020 | Legal News, Sir William Dale Centre
By Franklin De Vrieze, Senior Governance Adviser, Westminster Foundation for Democracy As parliaments start to pay more attention to their responsibility to monitor the extent to which the laws they have passed are implemented as intended and have the expected impact,...
by alicetyson | Nov 21, 2019 | Legal News, Sir William Dale Centre
By Franklin De Vrieze, Senior Governance Adviser, Westminster Foundation for Democracy Public expectations of parliament’s legislative success have evolved substantially, from getting laws on the statute book to ensuring that laws are brought into effect and their...
by Lindsey Caffin | Jul 22, 2019 | Events, Research, Sir William Dale Centre
The Language of Law Reform IALS – Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, London 9 July 2019 (9.00am- 3.30pm) By Professor Giulia Pennisi Reform of the law is a necessary and continuing process. It is about keeping the law up-to-date, ensuring that its underlying...