Abstract
Legislatures around the world have been challenged by the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Questions have arisen about parliaments’ operation during the pandemic, their role in combating covid-19, and their relationship with the executive and other state actors. This editorial introduces the special issue on ‘Legislatures in the Time of Covid-19’ and offers an overview of its rich array of articles.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3-9 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Theory and Practice of Legislation |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 3 May 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov is grateful for a research grant from the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research [grant number #2020/553].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords
- Corona virus
- Coronavirus
- Covid-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- legislative activity
- legislative oversight
- legislative responses
- legislatures
- novel Coronavirus
- pandemic
- parliaments