Legislative Scrutiny is a system for assessing the effectiveness of statute

Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a state, city, or county. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy. The word is often used to distinguish law made by legislative bodies from case law, decided by courts, and regulations...

s. Legislative scrutiny will be different according to the moment when it is carried on. There are different ways of scrutinizing a bill or statute.

General Issues About Legislative Scrutiny

Legislative scrutiny is a mechanism for determining whether a particular juridical instrument is effective for accomplishing the ends for which it is or will be created. There are three ways of undertaking legislative scrutiny: before, during and after the enactment of a particular norm.

Legislative Scrutiny in the World

There are different ways of carrying out legislative scrutiny. They will vary according to the country where they are performed.

In the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 there are legislative scrutiny agencies, as the Government Accountability Office

Government Accountability Office

The Government Accountability Office is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress. It is located in the legislative branch of the United States government.-History:...

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In Spain

Spain

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 this will depend on the region where this scrutiny is carried out, for instance, in the Vasc country there are special norms about legislative scrutiny of public policies

Public policy

Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...

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In Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

there are diverse ways of assessing the effectiveness of norms, an example of which are parliamentary evaluations.