RT Article
T1 Courts, cabinet and coalition parties: The politics of euthanasia in a parliamentary setting
JF British journal of political science
VO 27
IS 4
SP 551
OP 571
A1 Steunenberg, Bernard
LA English
YR 1997
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1644920522
AB An analysis is made of the interaction between the legislature and the judiciary in the Dutch parliamentary setting, focusing in particular on the issue of euthanasia. Using the methodology of positive political theory, two alternative hypotheses are derived about the extent to which the courts may affect public policies. Two main conclusions can be drawn from the analysis of the decision-making process on euthanasia. First, the statutory interpretation the courts gave on euthanasia in the 1980s supports the hypothesis of the court as a policy advocate, not a policy conserver. Secondly, the fact that the courts were able to introduce and maintain a more liberal interpretation of euthanasia during the last decade can be explained as a consequence of the heterogenous preferences on this issue held by the political parties that formed the successive governing coalitions. (British Journal of Political Science / FUB)
K1 Gesetzgebung
K1 Politische Entscheidung
K1 Entscheidungsprozess
K1 Parlament
K1 Politische Führung
K1 Gericht
K1 Einflussnahme
K1 Regierungspartei
K1 Regierung
K1 Niederlande
K1 England
K1 Euthanasie