Governing by Numbers: Delegated Legislation and Everyday Policy-Making

by Edward C. Page

Book Overview

Governing by Numbers is a jargon-free account of how delegated legislation - laws that do not pass through the full legislative scrutiny to which Acts of Parliament are subjected - is made. It is based on new research involving an analysis of nearly 30,000 pieces of delegated legislation; detailed investigation of 46 recent regulations based on in-depth interviews with those involved in developing, writing and scrutinising them and a major survey...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841132071
• ISBN13: 9781841132075
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"