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The US, the UK, Canada and Australia are all common law countries. Wealthy western countries that have administrative law, like Japan, Germany and France do not
by amadeuspagel 4y ago
The US, the UK, Canada and Australia are all common law countries. Wealthy western countries that have administrative law, like Japan, Germany and France do not have this problem to the same extent.
- dmix 4y agoThat's an interesting point, I wasn't aware of that. I asked GPT to explain how this affects housing policy compared to the US and it does sound much better. Simpler processes based on clear sets of rules rather than complex caselaw, public participation is more limited and not imposed at every stage, and "there is typically a single permitting authority responsible for issuing permits and overseeing compliance, which can reduce bureaucratic obstacles and simplify the process for developers". Some of these can be addressed without shifting this stuff to administrative law, but it's a good baseline.