Fifty Years of the Law Commission: the Dynamics of Law Reform, by M Dyson, J Lee and S Stark (eds). Oxford: Hart, 2016, 448 pp. ISBN: 9781849468572.
Fifty Years of the Law Commission: the Dynamics of Law Reform, by M Dyson, J Lee and S Stark (eds). Oxford: Hart, 2016, 448 pp. ISBN: 9781849468572.
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《法律委员会五十年：法律改革的动力》，M Dyson、J Lee 和 S Stark（编）。
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10.1111/lest.12170
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2018
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这本论文集相当长（约39章，448页），适合现代法律委员会的出版物，但它已经建成。1从会议到文集，2编辑汇集了一系列令人印象深刻的撰稿人，包括前任和现任专员、法律委员会主席、行政首长以及独立学者和议员。为纪念英格兰和威尔士法律委员会和苏格兰法律委员会成立50周年，3本文集在某种程度上是对委员会的杰出工作的颂扬，但主要是对一个宝贵的改革机构的动态（个人和机构）的独特见解，在整个文集中，读者被邀请与作者一起研究和反思法律委员会是如何演变的。从不稳定的起源，收集跟踪法律委员会的地位如何增加，委员会在不同的司法管辖区如何在他们的工作，以及对一些具体的改革项目的详细评论。然而，这些页面中的思考不应该被误认为是自满;该集合当然不是讣告。相反，这本书的质量在于其贡献者的批判性分析，以及对过去，现在，也许最常见的是未来的辩论的关注。我们经常被提醒，法律委员会并非不受知识和实践方面的挑战，而是存在于一个不确定和多变的政治空间中。[4]事实上，来自加拿大和北方爱尔兰的警示故事提醒我们，法律委员会的存在不能被视为理所当然，也不能被简单地认为会继续存在。
Fitting to a modern-day Law Commission publication, this collection of essays is rather lengthy (some 39 chapters over 448 pages), but it has been built to last. 1 From conference to collection, 2 the editors have brought together a strikingly impressive range of contributors, including past and present Commissioners, Chairs of the Law Commissions, Chief Executives, as well as independent academics and parliamentarians. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission, 3 the collection offers something of a celebration of the Commissions’ good works, but principally stands as a unique insight into the dynamics (personal and institutional) of a cherished reform institution.Throughout the collection, the reader is invited to join authors in examining and reflecting on how the Law Commissions have evolved. From precarious origins, the collection traces how the status of the Law Commissions have increased, how Commissions in different jurisdictions have diverged in their work, as well as detailed commentary on a number of specific reform projects. The reflections within these pages should not, however, be mistaken for complacency; the collection is certainly not an obituary. Rather, the quality of the book lies in the critical analysis of its contributors, and a focus on debates past, present, and perhaps most often future. We are constantly reminded that the Law Commissions are not impervious to challenge on both intellectual and practical grounds, but exist within an uncertain and changeable political space. 4 Indeed, cautionary tales from Canada5 and Northern Ireland6 remind us that Law Commissions must not be taken for granted, or their continued existence simply assumed.