Tag: Rule of Guidance Blog Series
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Paolo Sandro: Soft, But for Whom? Law and the Creation of Accountability
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Five years on, and with a potential new pandemic on the horizon (if not already here), researchers from all disciplines have been very busy evaluating how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was managed…
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Himani Bhakuni: The Legitimacy of Exclusively Using Soft Law: The Case of Unhealthy Diets
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. The distinction between hard and soft law that permeates discussions in international law is often blurry in the realm of domestic administrative law. In international law, soft law is usually understood…
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Jamie Burton: When Is Guidance Unlawful on the Ground of Illegality?
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. The seemingly ever-growing expanse of “soft-law”, “policy” or “guidance”, (referred to below as “guidance”) has been cautiously welcomed as aiding the business of government and enhancing good public administration. Unsurprisingly, as…
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Tasneem Ghazi: Political Accountability for the Abuse of Guidance: Comparing English and Irish Guidance during the Coronavirus Lockdown
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Introduction In March 2020, the government of Ireland and the UK government exercising its responsibility for England, like others across the world, rushed to impose wide-ranging restrictions on many facets of…
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Katie Lines: Law and Guidance in a Public Health Emergency
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. The use of law and guidance in a public health emergency was one of the issues explored by the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers. The Commission, chaired by…
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John Drury: Get the psychology right for the law: Public and policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Across 2020 and 2021, the UK government introduced a large number of policies, rules, and guidance for the public in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of these sought to limit…
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Paolo Sandro: The Rule of Guidance? Blog Series Introduction
*Editors’ note – this post is part of a series on ‘The Rule of Guidance?’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Introduction The conference ‘The Rule of Guidance?’, funded by a Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship, was held in July 2024 at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in London. The…