The legislative process at the service of quality law

Authors

  • Tatiana S. Maslovskaya Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Georges Bergougnous University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 12 Pantheon Square, Paris 75005, France

Keywords:

legislative process, quality of law, clarity of law, intelligibility of law, accessibility of law, France

Abstract

The article examines certain aspects of the legislative process related to the quality of the law. Attention is drawn to the requirements of clarity and openness of the parliamentary discussion during the consideration of draft laws. The requirements relating to the text of the bill are clarity, intelligibility, accessibility. The study is based on the analysis of the 1958 French Constitution and the practice of the French Constitutional Council.

Author Biographies

  • Tatiana S. Maslovskaya, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (law), docent; associate professor at the department of constitutional law, faculty of law

  • Georges Bergougnous, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 12 Pantheon Square, Paris 75005, France

    professor

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Published

2020-01-08

Issue

No. 3 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law

Section

Special Topic Section

How to Cite

[1]
Bergougnous, G. 2020. The legislative process at the service of quality law. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law. 3 (Jan. 2020), 9–13.