Alaw commission,law reform commission,orlaw revision commissionis an independent body set up by a government to conductlaw reform;that is, to consider the state of laws in ajurisdictionand make recommendations or proposals for legal changes or restructuring.
The first term is prevalent in the United Kingdom, the second is prevalent in the Commonwealth, and the third one is prevalent in the United States.[citation needed]
Work
editThe functions of a law commission body include drafting revised versions of confusing laws, preparing consolidated versions of laws, making recommendations on updating outdated laws and making recommendations on repealing obsolete orspent laws.Law commissions often undertake projects focusing on legislation, although their mandates may be narrower or broader.[1]
List of law commissions
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Australia:Australian Law Reform Commission
Canada:theLaw Commission of Canadawas established by theLaw Commission of Canada Acton July 1, 1997 and was eliminated in 2006.[2]It replaced the Law Reform Commission of Canada, which was created in 1971 and was dissolved in 1993 by theMulroney government.On September 25, 2006, funding to the Commission was eliminated by theHarper government.
Alberta:Alberta Law Reform Institute
British Columbia:British Columbia Law Institute,formed to replace theBritish Columbia Law Reform Commission,which had been disbanded due to lack of funding
Manitoba:Manitoba Law Reform Commission
Nova Scotia:Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia
Ontario:Law Commission of Ontario[3]
Saskatchewan:–Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan
Fiji:Fiji Law Reform Commission
Samoa:Samoa Law Reform Commission,established under theLaw Reform Commission Act 2008
Hong Kong:Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong,established in 1980
India:Law Commission of India
- Bangladesh - Law Commission of Bangladesh established in 1976.
Ireland:TheLaw Reform Commission,established under theLaw Reform Commission Act 1975
Jersey:Jersey Law Commissionestablished by theStates of Jerseyin 1996
Mauritius:Law Reform Commission of Mauritiusestablished by the Law Reform Commission Act No. 26 of 2005
Nepal:Nepal Law Commissionestablished by the Nepal Law Commissions Act 2007
New Zealand:New Zealand Law Commissionestablished by the Law Commission Act 1985
Nigeria:Nigerian Law Reform Commission
South Africa:South African Law Reform Commission
Uganda:Uganda Law Reform Commission,established by Article 248 of the Ugandan Constitution
United Kingdom
- England and Wales:The Law Commission
- Scotland:theScottish Law Commission,established by theLaw Commissions Act 1965at the same time as the Law Commission in England and Wales
- Northern Ireland,theNorthern Ireland Law Commission(formerly theLaw Reform Advisory Committee) was established in 2007, but has been "non-operational" since 2015.[4]
- Other bodies concerned with law reform in the United Kingdom included the Law Revision Committee (1934 to 1939) and theLaw Reform Committee(1952 - )[5]
United States:Office of the Law Revision Counselof theUnited States House of Representatives
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Tilbury, Michael; Young, Simon N. M.; Ng, Ludwig (2014-01-01).Reforming Law Reform: Perspectives from Hong Kong and Beyond.Hong Kong University Press.ISBN9789888208241.
- ^Fine, Sean (20 October 2015)."After a decade-long Conservative reign, what's on Trudeau's justice agenda?".The Globe and Mail.Retrieved2015-11-19.
- ^LCO-CDO.orgArchived2008-08-20 atarchive.today
- ^"Welcome to the Northern Ireland Law Commission Website | Northern Ireland Law Commission".www.nilawcommission.gov.uk.Retrieved2021-03-03.
- ^The Solicitors Journal.1952. Volume 96. Page 285.