04542nam a22005895i 4500 978-3-031-46943-5 DE-He213 20251030111716.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240312s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031469435 978-3-031-46943-5 10.1007/978-3-031-46943-5 doi K7000-7720.22 LB bicssc LAM bicssc LAW051000 bisacsh LB thema LAM thema Making and Changing Law in Small Jurisdictions [electronic resource] / edited by Caroline Morris. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. VIII, 200 p. 1 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The World of Small States, 2627-6003 ; 11 1 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. This 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. Private international law. 65660 Conflict of laws. 65661 International law. 58292 Comparative law. 65662 Law Philosophy. 67596 Law History. 67597 Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law. 65667 Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History. 67600 Morris, Caroline. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 72827 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031469428 Printed edition: 9783031469442 Printed edition: 9783031469459 The World of Small States, 2627-6003 ; 11 72828 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46943-5 ZDB-2-LCR ZDB-2-SXLC 58248 58248