EU law revisions and legislative drift
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EU law revisions and legislative drift. / Borghetto, Enrico; Mäder, Lars Kai.
I: European Union Politics, Bind 15, Nr. 2, 19.05.2014, s. 241-261.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - EU law revisions and legislative drift
AU - Borghetto, Enrico
AU - Mäder, Lars Kai
PY - 2014/5/19
Y1 - 2014/5/19
N2 - European Union research has made great strides in understanding the dynamics of the European Union decision-making process. In contrast to this progress, the dynamics unfolding after the enactment of a European Union secondary legislative act has largely been ignored. Some of these acts remain in force in their original form for several years while others are revised soon after their enactment. What factors account for this variation? We empirically analyze the proposition that in the presence of ‘legislative drift,’ i.e. the intertemporal variation of decision-makers’ preferences, major revisions of European Union legislative acts are more likely to occur. Based on an analysis of the revision histories of 158 major European Union acts in the time period between 1958 and 2003, we find significant support for this hypothesis.
AB - European Union research has made great strides in understanding the dynamics of the European Union decision-making process. In contrast to this progress, the dynamics unfolding after the enactment of a European Union secondary legislative act has largely been ignored. Some of these acts remain in force in their original form for several years while others are revised soon after their enactment. What factors account for this variation? We empirically analyze the proposition that in the presence of ‘legislative drift,’ i.e. the intertemporal variation of decision-makers’ preferences, major revisions of European Union legislative acts are more likely to occur. Based on an analysis of the revision histories of 158 major European Union acts in the time period between 1958 and 2003, we find significant support for this hypothesis.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - European Union legislative process
KW - law revision
KW - legislative drift
KW - repeated event history analysis
U2 - 10.1177/1465116513513345
DO - 10.1177/1465116513513345
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
SP - 241
EP - 261
JO - European Union Politics
JF - European Union Politics
SN - 1465-1165
IS - 2
ER -
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