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The way in which most people encounter the effect of legislation is not through the court process but through its out of court application. Therefore understanding how institutions apply legislation, and how the public understand it matters enormously.

And a key point which should be inherent in the understanding of legislation but is often ignored (sometimes, irritatingly, by lawyers including academic lawyers).
Legislation does not depend on the courts.
Legislation is applied without the courts.

Legislation does not exist in isolation. It is introduced against a background of existing law, usually to make changes. But it is also introduced against a background of existing practices - & awareness of those practices and the institutions who will have to implement matters.

(this is not a partisan point in any way - but merely noting that the more you deal with legislation and its preparation the more aware you become how good Goddard's analysis is - and how failing to treat his points seriously is setting you up for (avoidable) problems)

policy making and legislating is a serious business. Legislative scrutiny should be a serious business. Each part of the process deserves to be treated seriously. And in legislative reform that involves considering implementation and institutional capabilities to implement.

Recommended by Scott Wortley, himself expert in this area

A couple of selected highlights from my reading of this excellent book:

Former SNP minister: Scottish Parliament is 'behind Westminster' on internal democracy holyrood.com/news/view,alex…

Reform at Holyrood
Tuesday, April 2
4pm - 6pm

The Consultative Steering Group set out key principles governing the operation of Holyrood.

Join Eddie Barnes, Johann Lamont, Alex Neil and mandy rhodes
as they discuss Holyrood 25 years on.

Book: bit.ly/CCC-ReformAtHo…

Using lots of great archival sources - fascinating day by day, even hour by hour accounts of exchanges between PM Callaghan, his Ministers, Michael Foot’s valiant efforts and conversations with opposition politicians. Much more to story than less nuanced partisan accounts.

It's time to acknowledge the dysfunctional decision-making at the heart of the Scottish Government, says James Mitchell holyrood.com/comment/view,i…

NEW SOCIAL HOUSE BUILDING STATS :
2023 Approvals = 4,418 vs 5,061 in 2022. This is a 13% decrease. 2023 Starts = 4,360 vs 5,989 in 2022. A 27% decrease. 2023 Completions = 6,946 vs 8,434 in 2022. A 18% decrease.

Around 40% of Scotland's budget goes on health spending.

Without change, it's forecast to get closer to 50%, which means less money for other vital public services.

It's why I've called for a clear vision for health and social care: bit.ly/3vpVofi