How uncertain times affect the language of legislation: A comparative analysis of legal genres used at Westminster, Holyrood, and Stormont

How do uncertain times affect the language of legislation? In uncertain times, legislatures can struggle to frame policy in clear language. But, legislatures constrained as to how and what legislation may be made, will respond to uncertain times with largely generic legislation. Such legislation con...

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Main Author: Williams, M
Format: Conference item
Published: Political Studies Association Specialist Group on Parliaments 2018