Legislation in Context: Essays in Legisprudence

Luc J. Wintgens is Director of the Centre for Legislation, Regulation and Legisprudence, and Dean of the Law Faculty at Katholieke Universiteit Brussels, Belgium.

• Series Preface, List of Contributors, Introduction, Part I Theory of Legislation, Part II Legislation, Rules and Norms, Part III Legislation and the Disciplines

'Legisprudence mainly focuses on pragmatic efforts aimed at improving the quality of legislation. The merit of this book is to highlight theoretical aspects and critical reflections. It furthers a deeper understanding of legislation and helps to develop legisprudence as a comprehensive approach to the legislative phenomenon.' Luzius Mader, Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, Switzerland. 'For too long now, the field of jurisprudence has focused almost exclusively on the judge, inadvertently creating the false impression that processes of interpretation are all that matter in the law. The authors of this volume show how rewarding it is to focus on legislation and on alternative forms of regulation to correct this imbalance; I have found many stimulating thoughts in its pages.' Willem J. Witteveen, Tilburg University