Area of Focus: Law and Policy Reform

Created: Jan 06, 2007
Updated: Jun 06, 2007

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Law and Policy Reform

Photo Source	Definition Law and policy reform refers to the practice of creating new regulations, and laws, and of changing existing laws that have been adopted by a government or an organization, and that govern activity related to laws, legislation, and policy-making, through campaigning, lobbying, advocacy and direct action.
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Featured Resource

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Common Waters, Diverging Streams: Linking Institutions and Water Management in Arizona, California, and Colorado

This book is a firsthand investigation into water management in a fast-growing region of the arid American West. It presents three states that have adopted the conjunctive management of groundwater and surface water to make resources go further in serving people and the environmentvarieties.

Featured Organization

Law and Justice Foundation

The Law and Justice Foundation is a statutory body with a 37 year history of improving access to justice for the people of NSW.The Foundation's staff and Board come from a range of different backgrounds such as law, research, education and the social sciences. This enables us to consider issues of access to justice from different perspectives.

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Integrated Rural Development and Nature Conservation IRDNC
Project Crimson
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species CITES Sudan
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