Parliaments and the pandemic /
Study of Parliament Group,issuing body.
"This collection of essays is about how the parliaments of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies reacted to a medical and economic crisis that has dominated everyone's lives in a way that has not happened in modern times. There are two essential elements to that: how the parliaments have adjusted their own ways of behaving to reflect the duty parliamentarians share with other citizens to curb the spread of the disease together with their special duty to set an example; but also how the functions of legislation, oversight and representation have changed (and become more difficult and more challenging and, often, less effective) because of the pandemic"--Page 2.
Title from front cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
"This collection of essays is about how the parliaments of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies reacted to a medical and economic crisis that has dominated everyone's lives in a way that has not happened in modern times. There are two essential elements to that: how the parliaments have adjusted their own ways of behaving to reflect the duty parliamentarians share with other citizens to curb the spread of the disease together with their special duty to set an example; but also how the functions of legislation, oversight and representation have changed (and become more difficult and more challenging and, often, less effective) because of the pandemic"--Page 2.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Parliamentary practice
Parliamentary practice
Parliamentary practice