The Fridge-Door Statute
Posted: 30 Jan 2009
Date Written: January, 30 2009
Abstract
The archetypal statute, with its roots in the 19th century, remains the standard form of legislation, even though many parliamentary outputs today cannot be reconciled with its formal or functional constraints. The author argues that the plurality of audiences for legislation today makes the universalizing aspirations of the classical statute problematic. An entirely new form of statute is needed.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Macdonald, Roderick A., The Fridge-Door Statute (January, 30 2009). McGill Law Journal, Vol. 47, 2002, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1335358
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