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- Title: Redressing the Democratic Deficit in Treaty Law Making: (Re-)Establishing a Role for Parliament.
- Author : McGill Law Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 406 KB
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Treaties are a significant source of law on a wide range of subjects, but traditionally do not become domestic law without national implementation. Nevertheless, the legal character of treaty rules does place pressure on a state's domestic institutions to ensure compliance. Given the influence of treaty law, several Commonwealth states provide a role for Parliament in treaty making even though at common law, the decision to make a treaty clearly rests with a government's executive branch. Such reforms to the treaty-making process attempt tn address complaints that a "democratic deficit" exists, including an additional "federal democratic deficit" in federal states arising from the absence of a requirement for consultation between the central and regional bodies. A review of the experiences in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia leads to several suggested reforms to secure greater legislative scrutiny, enhance public awareness, and improve democratic accountability in the field of treaty making. Les traites sont une importante source de droit dans bien des domaines, mais ne s'integrent traditionnellement pas au systeme juridique interieur sans une mise en ceuvre nationale. Quoi qu'il en soit, le caractere juridique des regles issues d'un tralte exerce une certaine pression sur les institutions nationales afin d'en assurer le respect, Etant donne l'influence du droit des traites, plusieurs etats du Commonwealth accordent au Parlement un role dans l'e1aboration des traites, meme si d'apres le droit commun, la decision de rediger un traite appartient clairement l'executif du gouvernement. De telles reformes du processus d'elaboration des traites tentent de repondre aux critiques suivant lesquelles il existe un deficit democratique, en plus d'un deficit democratique federal dans des etats federaux, issu de l'absence d'une obligation de consultation entre l'etat central et les gouvernements locaux. Cette revue de l'experience en cette matiere au Canada, au Royaume-Uni et en Australie conduit l'auteure a suggerer plusieurs reformes afin d'assurer un droit de regard plus etendu aux pouvoirs legislatifs, de conscientiser davantage le public et de developper une responsabilite democratique en ce qui concerue l'elaboration des traites./p pre Introduction I. Treaties and Treaty Making in Commonwealth States II. Treaty Making and the Parliament of Canada III. Treaty Implementation and the Parliament of Canada IV. The British Model for Involving Parliament in the Treaty-Making Process V. The Australian Contribution to an Improved Treaty-Making Process VI. Federal Innovations in Commonwealth Treaty Making Conclusion and Recommendations /pre pIntroduction