About the Book : Law in Politics, Politics in Law
Much writing on the relationship between politics and law has been
overwhelmingly theoretical. We know relatively little about the practical,
day-to-day impact of law on politicians, their legal advisers and civil
servants. Yet policy can be given effect through law; legislation often has
partisan, political, pragmatic aims, and legal rules and procedures can exercise
unwelcome constraints on politicians when developing and implementing policies.
How do lawyers in government see their roles? How does politics affect the
drafting of legislation or the making of policy? This volume begins to answer
these and other questions in a number of