Sustainable Development Assessment of Local Legislation (Principles, Systems, and Methods)

Author: Wang Jin
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Based on the need for achieving sustainable social and economic development, conducting quantitative assessments followed by qualitative analysis of draft regulations during the legislative process should become an important step to ensure that the proposed regulations align with sustainable development requirements. This book focuses on establishing a sustainable development impact assessment system for local legislation in Beijing, providing in-depth analysis and systematic discussions on legislative theory and practice issues, including the demand for legal reform driven by the sustainable development strategy, the applicability of strategic environmental assessment systems, guiding principles for sustainable development impact assessments of local legislation, the construction of indicator systems for local legislative sustainable development impact assessments, and the operational mechanisms and procedural methods of the local legislative sustainable development impact assessment system. This book is based on the research outcomes of the Beijing Municipal Philosophy and Social Sciences "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" project "Research on the Implementation of a Sustainable Development Impact Assessment System for Local Legislation in Beijing" and is suitable for faculty and students of higher law schools, legal researchers, and legislative professionals.