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Legislative Response to Direct Legislation

2001
Current scholarly knowledge suggests that direct legislation affects policy making in various ways.1 One way is directly, when voters pass laws by initiative or referendum. A second way is indirectly, when legislators or other policy-makers respond to the threat of, or act in anticipation of, initiatives or referendums.
Simon Hug, Elisabeth R. Gerber
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Legislative Effectiveness and Legislative Life

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2004
We study an under-utilized source of data on legislative effectiveness, and exploit its panel structure to uncover several interesting patterns. We find that effectiveness rises sharply with tenure, at least for the first few terms even after controlling for legislators institutional positions, party affiliation, and other factors.
Gerard Padró i Miquel, James M. Snyder
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Legislative Effectiveness and Legislative Careers

Legislative Studies Quarterly, 2006
We studied an underutilized source of data on legislative effectiveness and exploited its panel structure to uncover several interesting patterns. We found that effectiveness rises sharply with tenure, at least for the first few terms, even when we control for legislators' institutional positions, party affiliation, and other factors.
James M. Snyder, Gerard Padró i Miquel
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Legislator Uncertainty, Legislative Control, and the Delegation of Legislative Power

The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1986
On May 2, 1878, the House Commerce Committee favorably reported a bill "to regulate interstate commerce and to prohibit unjust discrimination by common carriers." Known as the Reagan bill, after the chairman, John Reagan, of Texas, H.R. 3547 outlawed rebates and other forms of discrimination and included a restrictive longand short-haul clause.
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Legislative Productivity of Elderly Legislators

Polity, 1980
Most research on the political interests and activities of the elderly has centered on their role as voters. Their participation, interest, and political commitment has been shown to be greater than that of most younger voters.1 Studies of party affiliation and of attitudes toward public issues suggest greater conservatism among older citizens ...
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Legislative Behavior and Legislative Oversight

Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1981
This article explores contrasting approaches to the study of oversight by state legislatures. A focus on individual orientations and behavior, which has dominated such study, reveals attempts by legislators to maximize credit, achieve concrete results, and avoid making additional trouble for themselves.
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The Legislators' View of the Legislative Process

Public Opinion Quarterly, 1954
The author here sheds some light on the problem when she describes the different ways legislators view elements of the legislative or decision-making process and suggests how these concepts affect ones view of the role of political parties, organized interest groups, and administrative departments.
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Legislative Recruitment and Legislative Careers

Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1984
A long-standing line of inquiry in legislative research has dealt with the social backgrounds, recruitment, and career experiences of legislators. This review essay begins by considering the ways in which opportunities to serve in a legislative assembly are distributed in a variety of societies.
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Legislative Powers: Delegated Legislation [PDF]

, 1985
In German law, as in common law, the executive has no inherent legislative powers. The executive can exercise only such legislative powers as are either specifically delegated to it by the legislature or are exceptionally given to it for very limited purpose and as a transitional measure under the Basic Law.1 In this respect German law clearly differs ...
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2. Legislation

2019
This chapter first considers the process by which Acts of Parliament come into being. It then turns to delegated legislation—that is, law that is made by other bodies under Parliament’s authority. Next, it discusses the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998.
Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski
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