Temporary legislation, better regulation, and experimentalist governance: An empirical study

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bar-Siman-Tov, Ittai
• 署名单位: Bar Ilan University
• 刊物名称: REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1748-5983
• DOI: 10.1111/rego.12148
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 192-219
• 关键词: sunset; REFLECTIONS; diffusion; FRAMEWORK; POLITICS; budget; COURTS; LAW

摘要

This article presents the findings of an extensive multi-method empirical study that explored the relationship between temporary legislation, better regulation, and experimentalist governance. Temporary (or sunset) legislation - statutory provisions enacted for a limited time and set to expire unless their validity is extended - is often hailed as a key tool for promoting experimental and better regulation. Despite the importance of temporary legislation and the burgeoning theoretical scholarship on the subject, there is still a dearth of empirical studies about how temporary legislation is used in practice. The lack of empirical evidence creates a lacuna in at least three areas of theoretical scholarship, concerning temporary legislation, better regulation, and experimentalist governance. This paper is a first step to fill this gap.