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Policy laundering

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73:', where one regulator pushes for the highest standards, setting models for others to follow. Harmonization requires further interrogation, however. In their review of global business regulation, Braithwaite and Drahos find that some countries (notably the U.S. and the UK) push for certain regulatory standards in international bodies and then bring those regulations home under the requirement of harmonization and the guise of 43:. Afterwards it is not possible to find out who advocated for which part of the treaty. Each person can claim that it was not them who demanded a certain paragraph but that they had to agree to the overall " 65:
is the process through which a common set of policies are established across jurisdictions to remove irregularities. Regulations can change in any direction, however: regulations may be pushed to the
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Herman, Bill D. & Oscar H. Gandy, Jr. (2006). "Catch 1201: A Legislative History and Content Analysis of the DMCA Exemption Proceedings". Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal.
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Yet another manifestation of policy laundering is to implement legal policy which a subset of legislators desire but would normally not be able to obtain approval through regular means.
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ACTA is legislation laundering on an international level of what would be very difficult to get through most Parliaments.
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The American Civil Liberties Union argue that policy laundering has become common political practice in areas related to
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One common method for policy laundering is the use of international treaties which are formulated in
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Hosein, Ian (2004). "The Sources of Laws: Policy Dynamics in a Digital and Terrorized World".
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Stavros Lambrinidis, Member of European Parliament, S and D, Greece
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Examples that could be considered as "policy laundering" are
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Yu, Peter K., The Political Economy of Data Protection,
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Index

decisions
treaties
money laundering
secrecy
compromise
WIPO
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
Harmonization
lowest common denominator
California effect
multilateralism
terrorism
civil liberties
Diplomacy
Harmonisation of law
International relations
Investor-state dispute settlement
Astroturfing
Covert operation
Doublespeak
Media influence
War on Terror
Joint decision trap
Lobbyism
Participation (decision making)
Political corruption
Theories of political behaviour
doi
10.1080/01972240490456854
S2CID

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