Law Library of Congress Report: Continuity of Legislative Activities during Emergency Situations
This report by the foreign law research staff of the Global Legal Research Directorate surveys the law of 36 foreign jurisdictions and the United States on the functioning of legislatures under emergency measures, arrangements in legislatures for a designated sub-group to constitute a kind of “emergency parliament” with devolved powers from the whole legislature, and arrangements made by national legislative bodies to ensure their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.