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Legislation
About: Legislation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 62664 publications have been published within this topic receiving 585188 citations. The topic is also known as: law & act.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a second best analysis where second best stems from informational asymmetries which prevent the implementation of lump-sum transfers needed for a first-best redistribution policy is proposed.
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01 Apr 1989
TL;DR: The Data Protection Act 1984 as discussed by the authors gives new rights to individuals about whom information is recorded on computer; individuals may find out information about themselves, challenge it if appropriate and claim compensation in certain circumstances.
Abstract: The Data Protection Act 1984 Introduction. Purpose of the Act. The Act gives new rights to individuals about whom information is recorded on computer; individuals may find out information about themselves, challenge it if appropriate and claim compensation in certain circumstances.
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TL;DR: The authors found that state legislators are more likely to rely on businesses' proposals when they lack the time and resources to develop legislation on their own, especially when they also hold an ideological affinity for business.
Abstract: Which policymakers are most likely to enact legislation drafted by organized business interests? Departing from the business power scholarship that emphasizes structural, electoral, or financial mechanisms for corporate influence, I argue that lawmakers are likely to rely on businesses' proposals when they lack the time and resources to develop legislation on their own, especially when they also hold an ideological affinity for business. Using two new datasets of “model bills” developed by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a policy group that promotes pro-business legislation across the states, I find strong support for this theory. These results indicate that ALEC provides private policy capacity to state legislators who would otherwise lack such support, and relatedly, that low state policy capacity may favor certain organized interests over others—namely the business interests affiliated with ALEC. My findings have implications for the study of business influence in policymaking, as well as for state politics.
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TL;DR: The new parenthood provisions set out in Part 2 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 have been attacked as dangerous and radical, offering a "lego-kit model of family life" and a "magical mystery tour" in how legal fatherhood is to be determined.
Abstract: The new parenthood provisions set out in Part 2 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 have been attacked as dangerous and radical, offering a ‘lego-kit model of family life’ and a ‘magical mystery tour’ in how legal fatherhood is to be determined In this paper, we explain what is innovative about these new provisions but also explore what they owe to deep-rooted traditional assumptions about the family Relying both on published documentation relating to this reform process and a small number of key actor interviews, we trace the imprint of what fineman has described as the ‘sexual family’ model on the provisions We conclude that the way that parenthood is framed within the legislation relies on a number of important normative assumptions which received very little scrutiny in this process We also highlight a number of tensions within this framing which, we suggest, may create future problems for judicial determination
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