Coronavirus: Legislation and eternal vigilance. 13.05.20
Welcome to The Plague Pit This guest issue – number 19 – addresses some of the legal issues relating to COVID-19. As a non-lawyer, I’m especially grateful to retired Parliamentary Counsel, Mr Robin Dormer, for his lucid account. . When faced with a crisis or threat, real or perceived, governments of all sorts will take steps to protect their country against it. In a democracy, that response may well require legislation, for example to confer new powers on the state…