28th July 2020
Dr Sarah Moulds Senior Lecturer in Law, University of South Australia
This Seminar aims to open a discussion about the challenges associated with measuring the impact of parliamentary engagement on the process of law-making and on the content of the law itself.
Drawing upon Sarah’s PhD research into the role parliamentary committees play in rights protection in Australia (which has recently been published in book form Committees of Influence (Springer 2020)), this seminar aims to confront the methodological challenges associated with seeking to measure the value or impact of community engagement with parliamentary law making in Westminster-inspired Parliaments.
It introduces a three-tiered approach measuring impact, and is designed to encourage participants to share their own experiences with a view to identifying some common features of best practice and/or pitfalls to avoid.