BackThe Laws (1949-1990) dataset contains information about each public law passed during 1949-1990.
The database includes the following main variables: the number of the public law (law_number), the year of final passage (year), the starting and ending year of the electoral cycle in which the paper was introduced (electoral_cycle) and the policy topic of the law (majortopic and subtopic).
Database: Downloadable XLSX; Online version
Codebook: Downloadable PDF; Online version
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