The legislative process at the service of quality law

  • 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

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

Published
2020-01-08
Keywords: legislative process, quality of law, clarity of law, intelligibility of law, accessibility of law, France
How to Cite
Maslovskaya, T. S., & Bergougnous, G. (2020). The legislative process at the service of quality law. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law, 3, 9-13. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/law/article/view/1577
Issue
No 3 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law
Section
Special Topic Section