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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Proliferation of legislation

Proliferation of legislation

  • Legislative overload

Claim

A proliferation of new laws creates a proliferation of new loopholes.

Broader

Proliferation
Yet to rate

Narrower

Over-regulation
Presentable
Insufficient environmental legislation
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Ignorance of the law
Excellent
Conflict of laws
Presentable
Restrictive legislation
Unpresentable
Proliferation of litigation
Yet to rate
Obsolete legislation
Yet to rate
Non-compliance with the law
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Secret laws
Presentable
Political barriers to effective legislation
Presentable
Inadequate laws
Presentable

Related

Proliferation of commercialism
Presentable
Shortage of time for appropriate policy making
Unpresentable

Strategy

Reducing legislative overload
Yet to rate
Reducing amount of legislation
Yet to rate
Making new laws
Yet to rate
Creating legislation
Yet to rate

Value

Proliferation
Yet to rate
Overload
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Law » Law
  • Societal problems » Proliferation
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D5315
    DOCID
    11453150
    D7NID
    137605
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020