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Research and Analytical Services for National Legislatures: A Preliminary Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2019

William H. Robinson
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Abstract

Currently available data on legislative research and analytical services are skimpy and contradictory, largely because of incomplete definitions about what constitutes “research” in a parliamentary setting and also because of the many actors that may be engaged in the enterprise.

This paper represents a preliminary step in ascertaining more accurately the extent and location of research services operating in legislatures. It is drawn from a survey designed to obtain broader coverage of research units that may be based outside the parliamentary library, and offers brief vignettes describing several research services to illustrate the variety of such activities and settings.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Legal Information , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , Spring 2000 , pp. 45 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by the International Association of Law Libraries 

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References

The paper was originally delivered at the 64th IFLA General Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 16-21 August 1998, and subsequently published in 25, no. 4 IFLA Journal 232 (1999). The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the U.S. Congressional Research Service.Google Scholar