(Hart Publishing, 2024)

In-person event

The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Regulation-Making in the United Kingdom and Australia: Democratic Legitimacy, Safeguards And Executive Aggrandisement by Associate Professor Andrew Edgar.

This book examines the legal frameworks supporting the democratic legitimacy of regulation-making in the UK and Australia. It emphasises that parliamentary scrutiny of regulations provides the primary support, supplemented by public consultation processes. Parliamentary scrutiny of regulation-making emerged in the twentieth century as the primary basis for the democratic legitimacy of regulations, however recent developments avoid or minimise this safeguard. This book contributes to public law by analysing executive over-reach in regulation-making, by reference to the historical development of parliamentary checks on regulation-making.

Find out more about the book and order it online here.

If purchasing the book online from Bloomsbury, use the code GLR AT5 for a 20% discount.

About the author

Andrew Edgar is an Associate Professor in the University of Sydney Law School. He specialises in administrative law and, in particular, on administrative law-making. His recent publications focus on regulation-making processes and review of regulations by parliaments and courts. Andrew also has research interests in statutory interpretation and the implementation of international law in domestic law.

About the speaker

Senator Paul Scarr was elected as a Senator for Queensland in 2019. He is the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee and is a long-term member of the Senate Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee. [Full bio here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=282997]

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Tuesday 27 August 2024

Time: 6-7.30pm

Venue: Common Room, Level 4, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown campus

This event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School.

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This event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.