04170nam a22005055i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001800153072001500171072001600186072002300202072001400225072001500239245010400254250001800358264007500376300004400451336002600495337002600521338003600547347002400583490004800607505088700655520151101542650003103053650002203084650002303106650002103129650002103150650001803171650007903189650005503268700007903323710003403402773002603436776003603462776003603498776003603534830004803570856004603618978-3-031-46943-5DE-He21320251030111716.0cr nn 008mamaa240312s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830314694357 a10.1007/978-3-031-46943-52doi 4aK7000-7720.22 7aLB2bicssc 7aLAM2bicssc 7aLAW0510002bisacsh 7aLB2thema 7aLAM2thema10aMaking and Changing Law in Small Jurisdictionsh[electronic resource] /cedited by Caroline Morris.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aVIII, 200 p. 1 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aThe World of Small States,x2627-6003 ;v110 a1 Navigating Law-making and Law Reform in Small Jurisdictions -- Part I Case studies in law-making in small jurisdictions -- 2 A small state, a worldwide jurisdiction: Vatican City State and its legal system -- 3 Small states and constitutional reform: democracy in Malta -- 4 Drafting for effectiveness: Tuvalu's Climate Change Resilience Act 2019 -- Part II International influences and their impact on small jurisdictions -- 5 Mapping the UK's constitutional relationship with Britain's Overseas Territories in the human rights sphere -- 6 The Long Road to a Beneficial Ownership Regime in the Cayman Islands -- 7 Law Reform and Regulated Credit Reporting Systems in Commonwealth Small Island Developing States: a study of Jamaica -- Part III Global perspectives on law-making and law reform in small jurisdictions -- 8 The Challenges and Rewards of Law Drafting in Small States.  aThis book puts the spotlight on a different and neglected aspect of law drafting and reform: the question of size. Specifically, how does the size of a jurisdiction affect its ability to make and change its laws? Some of the challenges affecting small jurisdictions include: a lack of resources and paucity of policy/drafting capacity; the pressures and pull from sources outside the jurisdiction (e.g. international bodies or NGOs; larger states; treaty commitments); a vulnerability to domestic capture (e.g. criminal elements, big local businesses, strong domestic lobby groups); weak/bad governance (e.g. laws or institutions which themselves do not encourage or promote good governance, reflection and reform); the legacy of colonial legal systems and their interaction with indigenous or customary laws; and struggles to comply with constitutional norms such as accountability and transparency. Despite these difficulties small jurisdictions also have certain advantages when it comes to making and reforming law: they can be flexible and creative; they can legislate very quickly if the political will is there; and there is strong informal/formal accountability in a small jurisdiction. This edited collection explores law reform and law drafting in small jurisdictions through the themes of sovereignty; the impact of colonialism and legal plurality; the challenges of harmonising laws at regional and international levels; and constitutional reform. Of use to researchers and practitioners alike. 0aPrivate international law. 0aConflict of laws. 0aInternational law. 0aComparative law. 0aLawxPhilosophy. 0aLawxHistory.14aPrivate International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law.24aTheories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.1 aMorris, Caroline.eeditor.4edt4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303146942808iPrinted edition:z978303146944208iPrinted edition:z9783031469459 0aThe World of Small States,x2627-6003 ;v1140uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46943-5