Legislation in Europe
A Comprehensive Guide For Scholars and Practitioners

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This book provides a practical handbook for legislation. Written by a team of experts, practitioners and scholars, it invites national institutions to apply its teachings in the context of their own drafting manuals and laws. Analysis focuses on general principles and best practice within the context of the different systems of government in Europe. Questions explored include subsidiarity, legitimacy, efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency, proportionality, monitoring and regulatory impact assessment. Taking a practical approach which starts from evidence-based rationality, it represents essential reading for all practitioners in the field of legislative drafting.
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Legislation and Regulation
- 3. Legislative Process
- 4. Management of Legislation
- 5. Participation
- 6. Goals and Measures of Legislation: Evaluation
- 7. Legislative Drafting Techniques/Formal Legistics
- 8. Legislative Language and Style
- 9. Legislative Drafting
- 10. Publication
- 11. Regulatory Evaluation Ex Ante and Ex Post: Best Practice, Guidance and Methods
- 12. Maintenance of Rules
- 13. EU Legislation
- 14. Legislative Training
- 15. Emerging Trends in Legislation in Europe
Ulrich Karpen is Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, University of Hamburg.

Professor Helen Xanthaki is Professor of Law at UCL; Director of the International Postgraduate Laws Programme of the University of London; and Senior Research Fellow at the IALS, University of London