Date: 2021
Type: Article
'Could you, would you, should you?' : regulating cross-border travel through COVID-19 soft law in Finland
European journal of risk regulation, 2021, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 26-44
KORKEA-AHO, Emilia, SCHEININ, Martin, 'Could you, would you, should you?' : regulating cross-border travel through COVID-19 soft law in Finland, European journal of risk regulation, 2021, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 26-44
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74006
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In the coronavirus pandemic that has swept the world, the Finnish Government, like many of its peers, has issued policy measures to combat the virus. Many of these measures have been implemented in law, including measures taken under the Emergency Powers Act, or by ministries and regional and local authorities exercising their legal powers. However, some governmental policy measures have been implemented using non-binding guidelines and recommendations. Using border travel recommendations as a case study, this article critically evaluates governmental soft law-making. The debacle over the use of soft law to fight the pandemic in Finland revealed fundamental misunderstandings about the processes and circumstances under which instruments conceived as soft law can be issued, as well as a lack of attention to their effects from a fundamental rights perspective.
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Published online: 09 February 2021
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74006
Full-text via DOI: 10.1017/err.2020.112
ISSN: 1867-299X; 2190-8249
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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