POLS 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Supremacy Clause, Street Racing, Primary And Secondary Legislation
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September 20 (friday lecture) case friday chatterjev v. ontario. There ought to be a law les pal on instrument choice . What is the primary target? individual behaviour: norms underpinning the behaviour, processes (interaction of norms and behaviour in context of al or some interests) Legislation and regulation is not the only legal instrument available; decisions, quasi-legislation, contracts, and incorporation by reference are also viable legal instruments: two dimensions: generality and degree of binding. For example, quasi-legislation is generally non-binding but bulletins/interpretations can have a large practical effect and might be more suitable. [[[[ this shit will not be tested ]]]] September 23, 2013 pols 3300 lecture 8. There are alternatives to using legal instruments : information. Targeting smoking, drinking and driving, domestic abuse, etc. If people are dead set on behaviour, putting a poster in the subway will not stop the behaviour. Relies on the actors themselves seeing the benefit and then curbing the behaviour: expenditures.