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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- An Introduction to the Comparative and Multidisciplinary Study of Omnibus Legislation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptualizing and Defining Omnibus Legislation -- 3 Perspectives on Omnibus Legislation -- 4 Regulating the Use of Omnibus Legislation -- 5 Normative Views of Omnibus Legislation -- Constitutions Cited -- Ohio Const. -- Statutes Cited -- Cases Cited -- Websites Cited -- References -- Part I: Perspectives on Omnibus Legislation -- Omnibus Legislating in the U.S. Congress -- 1 Introduction: Why Study Omnibus Bills? -- 2 Theory: Explaining Omnibus Use -- 2.1 Leaders-Members -- 2.2 Congress-President -- 2.3 Governing Circumstances -- 3 Measures and Findings: How Many Omnibus Bills? -- 4 Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Omnibus Legislation and Maxi-Amendments in Italy: How to Circumvent the Constitutional Provision Requiring Approval of Bills `... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Features of the Party Systems and the Main Trends in Italian Legislation -- 3 The Omnibus Decree-Laws and Their Even More Heterogeneous Conversion Laws, in Light of the Constitutional Court´s Case Law -- 4 Omnibudget Legislation: From ``Financial Law´´ to a More Comprehensive Budget Law -- 5 Maxi-Amendments and the Question of Confidence: Powerful, Although Unconstitutional, Instruments for the Government to Accel... -- 6 In Search of a Judicial Review of the Legislative Process: The Innovative, But Contradictory, Order No. 17/2019 of the Const... -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Centralization via Delegation: The Long-Term Implications of the Israeli Arrangements Laws -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 Theoretical Framework -- 3.1 Delegation of Legislative Power -- 3.2 Veto Players -- 3.3 Centralization via Delegation -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Findings -- 5.1 Delegations by Minister.
5.2 Four Mechanisms of Centralization -- 5.2.1 Authority -- 5.2.2 Co-authority -- 5.2.3 Consent -- 5.2.4 Consultation -- 6 Conclusions -- Appendix 1: Laws Included in the Dataset -- Appendix 2: Number of Words in the Arrangements Laws, 1986-2019 -- References -- When Rationalisation of Bureaucracy De-rationalizes Laws and Legislatures: `Monster Bills´ in France -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Big Bills, Heterogeneous Bills and Monster Bills -- 3 A Twofold Rational -- 3.1 A Public Signal Through Law and Law-Making -- 3.2 A Procedural Opportunity -- 4 The Examples of the Grenelle 2 and Macron Laws -- 4.1 The Signalling Strategy in Both Laws -- 4.2 The Procedural Strategy in Both Laws -- 5 A Mixed Democratic Assessment -- 5.1 A Chaotic Parliamentary Procedure -- 5.2 MPs Influence Between Opportunities and Constraints -- 5.3 A Perfectible Legislative Quality -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Reports -- Omnibus Legislation in Germany: A Widespread Yet Understudied Lawmaking Practice -- 1 Terms and Concepts -- 2 Examples -- 3 Motives and Reasons -- 3.1 General Considerations -- 3.2 Cases of Abuse -- 3.3 Preliminary Conclusion -- 4 Evaluation of the German Approach -- 5 Constraints -- 5.1 The Exception of the Budget Law -- 5.2 Implementation of International Law -- 5.3 Other Considerations -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Israel´s Economic Arrangements Law and Similar Omnibudget Laws in Other Countries -- 1 The Israeli Economic Arrangements Law -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Distribution of the Various Chapters in the Arrangements Bill for Deliberation in the Relevant Subject Committees -- 1.3 Attempts to Reduce the Dimensions of the Arrangements Laws -- 1.4 Rulings of the High Court of Justice -- 1.5 Intervention by Attorney Generals -- 1.6 Legislative Initiatives to Deal with the Problems of EALs -- 2 Omnibus and Omnibudget Laws in Other Countries.
2.1 ``Such Things Don´t Exist Anywhere in the World´´ -- 2.2 Canada -- 2.3 The United States -- 2.3.1 Omnibus legislation has featured in the United States on the federal level, since the middle of the 19th century, but si... -- 2.3.2 The Single Subject Rule in the U.S. -- 2.4 The United Kingdom -- 2.5 New Zealand -- 2.6 Australia -- 2.7 Belgium -- 2.8 Italy -- 2.9 Spain -- 2.10 Austria -- 2.11 Malta -- 3 Some Conclusions Regarding Means of Contending with Omnibus Legislation -- 3.1 The Single Subject Rule -- 3.2 Changes in Rules of Procedure, and Other Sources of Procedure -- 3.3 Dealing with Omnibus Laws by Means of Legislation -- 3.4 Political Decisions to Deal with Omnibus Legislation -- 3.5 The Role of the Courts -- References -- Part II: Regulating the Use of Omnibus Legislation -- The Single-Subject Rule: Uncertain Solution for Omnibus Legislation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The History and Purposes of the Single-Subject Rule -- 2.1 History -- 2.2 Purposes -- 3 The Single-Subject Rule in the Courts -- 3.1 Defining ``Subject´´ -- 3.2 Applying a Germaneness Test -- 3.3 Judicial Deference -- 3.4 Some Recent Cases -- 4 From Text to Purpose: Anti-Logrolling and Anti-Riders as Standards for Enforcement -- 5 Conclusion -- State Constitutional Provisions and State Statutes -- Alaska -- Colorado -- Illinois -- Kansas -- Maryland -- Michigan -- Minnesota -- Missouri -- Ohio -- Oklahoma -- Pennsylvania -- Texas -- Utah -- Washington -- References -- Unorthodox Lawmaking and Legislative Complexity in American Statutory Interpretation -- 1 Brief Jurisprudential Background -- 2 Unorthodox Lawmaking in the United States -- 2.1 Omnibus Legislation -- 2.2 Other Kinds of Unorthodox Lawmaking -- 2.3 Drivers and Tradeoffs -- 3 The Increasing Complexity of the U.S. Code -- 3.1 Drivers -- 4 The Advent of Professional Drafters -- 4.1 Implications for Judicial Review.
4.1.1 New Empirical Work on the Relationship Between the Courts and Congress -- 4.1.2 Utilizing Knowledge of Congress´s Process in Doctrine and Theory -- 4.2 Legislative History -- 4.3 Legislative Mistakes -- 4.4 Severability -- 4.5 Broader Implications -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Omnibus Legislation in Spain: Between Political Expediency, Doctrinal Condemnation, and Judicial Indulgence -- 1 Introduction -- 2 One (Puzzling) Subject -- 3 Playing Cat and Mouse -- 4 Omnibus Parliamentary Laws -- 5 Omnibus Urgency Legislation (Decree-Laws) -- 6 Unconnected Amendments (Riders) -- 7 A Matter of Argumentation -- 8 An Alternative Path -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Canada: If Controversial, Omnibus Legislation Is Here to Stay -- 1 Background -- 2 Concerns of Opposition MPs Formally Expressed in Motions and Bills -- 3 Omnibus Bills During the 2015 Campaign -- 4 Omnibus Bills Under Justin Trudeau -- 4.1 The First Budget Implementation Bills 2016-2017 -- 4.2 A New Standing Order on Omnibus Bills, June 2017 -- 4.3 Speaker´s Rulings Based on Standing Order (SO) 61.1. -- 4.3.1 Omnibus Bills Unrelated to the Budget -- 4.3.2 Budget Implementation Bills -- 5 Omnibus Bills in the Senate -- 6 How the Liberals´ Thinking on Omnibus Bills Evolved -- 7 The Pitfalls of Omnibus Legislation: The SNC-LAVALIN Affair -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- The Practice of Omnibus Laws in Belgium: An Empirical Test -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Theoretical Framework -- 2.1 Why Omnibus Laws Are Put to Practice -- 2.2 Why Omnibus Laws Are Under Attack -- 2.3 How to Arm Omnibus Laws Against Its Weaknesses -- 2.3.1 Check on the Content of Omnibus Laws -- 2.3.2 Improving the Accessibility of the Law -- 2.3.3 Reducing the Risk of Hidden Controversies -- 2.3.4 Avoiding Hasty Work -- 2.3.5 Securing the Parliamentary Debate -- 3 Research Design.
3.1 Research Questions and Indicators -- 3.1.1 Coherency Within Types of Omnibus Laws -- 3.1.2 Complexity -- 3.1.3 Stability -- 3.1.4 Parliamentary Debate -- 3.1.5 Legal Quality -- 3.2 Population and Coding -- 4 Results: The Practice of Omnibus Law by the Belgian Federal Government -- 4.1 A Problematic Use of Omnibus Laws? -- 4.1.1 Coherency Within Types of Omnibus Laws -- 4.1.2 Complexity -- 4.1.3 Stability -- 4.1.4 Parliamentary Debates -- 4.1.5 Legal Quality -- 4.1.6 Interim Conclusion -- 4.2 The Perspective of the Actors in the Parliamentary Procedure -- 4.2.1 Democratic Quality -- 4.2.2 Legal Quality -- 4.2.3 Legal Certainty -- 4.3 Interim Conclusion -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations -- 5.1 Conclusions -- 5.2 Recommendations -- References -- (Absence of) Omnibus Legislation in Sweden: When Legislative Drafting Affects the Political Discourse -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Reality -- 3 The Reasons -- 4 The Significance -- 5 Conclusions -- References.
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