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Legislative Response to Direct Legislation
2001Current 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.
Elisabeth R. Gerber, Simon Hug
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Legislator Uncertainty, Legislative Control, and the Delegation of Legislative Power
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1986On 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, 1980Most 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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The Legislators' View of the Legislative Process
Public Opinion Quarterly, 1954The 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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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1972
In June of 1971, the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island enacted a bill defining the actions of optometrists. This bill included "... the topical application of drugs to the eye, to wit, mydriatics, miotics, and the use of topical anesthetics...".
H F, Allen, D M, Worthen
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In June of 1971, the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island enacted a bill defining the actions of optometrists. This bill included "... the topical application of drugs to the eye, to wit, mydriatics, miotics, and the use of topical anesthetics...".
H F, Allen, D M, Worthen
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2002
Serious concerns about pervasive, persistent, and unjustified social inequalities have prompted a small—but growing—number of academic commentators to raise some hard and troubling questions for those who would like to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
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Serious concerns about pervasive, persistent, and unjustified social inequalities have prompted a small—but growing—number of academic commentators to raise some hard and troubling questions for those who would like to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
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Legislative Powers: Delegated Legislation
1985In 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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Legislative Recruitment and Legislative Careers
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1984A 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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