Delegation of powers in politics involves politicians granting authority to agents through enabling statutes' conditions.
➡️ Beyond Laborious Content Analysis
- The study introduces a machine learning approach for analyzing EU legislation on power delegation.
- This method efficiently identifies discretionary measures across all EU directives and regulations from 1958-2017.
➡️ Method Validation
- Researchers trained the classifier using just 10% of hand-coded provisions as a reference point.
- The approach successfully replicates original findings, demonstrating accuracy in large-scale legislative analysis.
➡️ The Broader Applicability
- While focused on power delegation, this technique offers value for any field previously dependent on intensive human coding.
