law reform
Updating statutory codes
Law reform is the process of examining and changing existing laws to make them more just, effective, or relevant.
Governments establish law reform commissions to review outdated statutes and recommend changes: The commission proposed sweeping law reform in criminal sentencing.
The term also describes advocacy movements pushing for legislative change: criminal law reform, tort law reform.
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- judicial reviewCourts invalidating unconstitutional acts
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- statuteEnacted written rule
- draft billLaw before enactment
anti-discrimination laws · equal rights · legal aid · access to justice · human rights protection · civil liberties · criminal justice · decriminalization · environmental justice · legislation · grassroots campaigns · sunset clause · impact assessment · public consultation · good governance · repeal · human rights · constitution
- legal topicscriminal code, legal procedures, legal documents, compliance, litigation
- law and societysocial control, legal institutions, legal systems, social order, criminology
- legal historylegal history, Roman jurisprudence, codification, legal codes, criminal codes
- African lawconstitutional court, high court, court of appeal, attorney general, district court
- Legal Fieldlawyers, judges, courts, attorneys, barristers
- British lawbarrister, solicitor, Crown Court, magistrates court, barristers
law reformrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
abolition · anarchy · overthrow · lawlessness · insurrection