The crisis of confidence in legislation: The Story of Two European Families in Jamaica

"This book contains the discussions that took place at a conference that gathered together experts in the field. The book is made up of 4 sections: Confidence in Legislation as a Regulatory (and Administrative) Problem; Improving Confidence in Legislation Via Better Regulation Tools; Responsibility of Parliaments in Improving Confidence in Legislation; and Confidence in Legislation and Enforcement."-- Provided by publisher The motivation for this volume arises out of concerns about the crisis of confidence in legislation and how to address this issue. In this chapter we explore the potential of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) and judicial review in raising confidence in legislation in the EU Member States. This is a complex topic covering two broad procedural policy instruments, thus we will unpack it into manageable analytical steps. We consider RIA and judicial review separately, following a conceptual pathway that goes from impact assessment as procedure applied to the stage of policy formulation to the later stage of the review of law and regulations in courts