Research note by John Turnpenny Policy-makers and analysts are accustomed to using tools and instruments to help design policy. But while there are many ‘how to’ guides to using such tools, far less work has…
La direttiva 2000/78/EC, relativa alla parità di trattamento in materia di occupazione e di condizioni di lavoro, fissa una cornice generale di principi applicabili in tutti gli Stati, al fine di eliminare qualsiasi tipo di…
Negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) are currently underway while opposition to the trade deal is growing not only within European Parliament but also within national Parliaments. The Business, Innovation and Skills…
Agencies have become active actors within contemporary governance as they are used extensively to regulate markets as well as to deliver public services and provide advice. This broad class of organizations carry out functions delegated…
Questo mese il Focus Giurisprudenza ha segnalato due sentenze del giudice amministrativo in materia di consultazione pubblica e una sentenza del giudice inglese. In una prima sentenza, il Tar Lazio (sentenza n. 2772/2015) ha specificato…
Judicial review usually regards the legality of administrative decisions, rather than their substantive merits. However, under Directive 2002/21/EC, Member States must provide the right of appeal against regulatory decisions. Therefore, depending on the context, there…
As part of the UK Government’s commitment towards transparency, a recent document released by the Department for Business Innovation & Skills sets out the statutory and non-statutory post-implementation reviews (PIRs) commitments made by the BIS…
At the start of the current mandate, the UK Government set a target of being the first government in modern history to end a parliamentary term with the burden of regulation being lower than at…
È stato pubblicato, il 26 gennaio 2015, il rapporto della Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy (o Digital Democracy Commission). La Commissione, nata nel novembre 2013 e presieduta dallo Speaker della House of Commons, Hon. John…
La Ofcom (Office of Communications) è una autorità indipendente di regolazione che si occupa del settore delle telecomunicazioni nel Regno Unito. Conformemente al suo ruolo, essa fissa le tariffe all’ingrosso per le chiamate da rete…