For or Against

[Studyinghard]

Parliament is too slow to repeal outdated laws. Agree or disagree? and why?

[Visionz]

Do your own homework.

Im not up to this bit yet in class.

[spaciiey]

a good answer should ideally look at both sides. it is basically a strengths and weaknesses of parliament question -- it doesnt mean you can't have a contention -- you still can -- and you need to decide on a contention yourself, but you also SHOULD look at both sides.

so, if you wanted to say that it IS too slow, then say something like it's too slow because parliament has to discuss and debate each bill thoroughly and this takes a very long time. BUT on the same token, mention that parliament CAN pass laws quickly when need be and use an example, such as rudd's stimulus package which passed the lower house in one overnight session. then, you could couple it with the fact that passing a law so quickly is a downfall too because it means it hasn't been checked properly enough, meaning that it would have to go through parliament again anyways -- which wastes more time and slows down the law making process.

[Studyinghard]

So I wrote up a answer.
This needs to be worth around 8 marks.

Some reasons that parliament takes too long to repeal out dated laws are : investigation and implementation of new law is time consuming and parliament is not always able to keep up with changes in society, the process of passing a Bill is time consuming, delegated authorities are not all elected by the people and there may be too many bodies making laws. All these factors lead up to a very busy and messy law making process. When a bill is being processed it has to go through 12 stages including the second reading where extensive discussion takes place. However one of the reasons parliament takes time to repeal outdated laws is it has been elected by the people so when deciding these laws they need to make sure that they represent the views of the majority of the people and also not clash with human rights act. Sometimes this can be difficult as there are rally groups and parliament is open for discussion to the public so there can be a lot of conflicting values that the pariament needs to keep in mind. All this being said parliament has been able to pass laws in a quicker time. Just recently parliament passed the rudd stimulus package and that went throuh the lower house overnight. So they have been successful in passing laws quickly in time of need. This process is for every single bill and sometimes a lot of bills can come through from the lower house and each and everyone needs to be analysed properly. Personally if parliament takes time to repeal outdated laws but at the end of the day can do a successful job then they shouldnt be criticised on it.


PS: I typed it up quickly so please ignore spelling mistakes when criticising.

[Visionz]

I dont think youre actually answering the question. Repeal means to remove or amend in this case. Youre talking about initiating new laws...

I havent come across this part of the course yet so I cant answer this question correctly myself. =/

[Studyinghard]

Well to amend them dont they just have to repeat the process. like you cant really amend a law if it hasnt gone through the process a bill has where extensive discussion can take place on the amendments?

[Visionz]

Iunno. =/