bürgernahe Rechtspolitik

English translation: legal policy close to the citizen

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German term or phrase:bürgernahe Rechtspolitik
English translation:legal policy close to the citizen
Entered by: Regina Delattre

14:39 Oct 12, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: bürgernahe Rechtspolitik
This term is taken from a political speech.
Regina Delattre
Germany
Local time: 21:25
legal policy close to the citizen
Explanation:
A "policy close to the citizen" is a going concept/objective at EU level (and not only there) - see, for example,

http://www.europarl.eu.int/facts/1_2_2_en.htm -
"The subsidiarity principle pursues two opposing aims. On the one hand, it allows the Community to act if a problem cannot be adequately settled by the Member States acting on their own. On the other, it seeks to uphold the authority of the Member States in those areas that cannot be dealt with more effectively by Community action. The purpose of including it in the European Treaties is to bring decision-making within the Community as ***close to the citizen*** as possible."

http://archiv.spd.de/suche/archiv/hannover_97/leiteuropa_e.h... -
"Only if at the same time a policy ***close to the citizen*** is reinforced and by that the participation of the citizen in the political decision ..."
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Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 21:25
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3grassroots legal policy
Michele Johnson
4legal policy close to the citizen
Steffen Walter
3legal policy for the average citizen/citizen-based legal policy
Kim Metzger


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bürgernahe Rechtspolitik
legal policy for the average citizen/citizen-based legal policy


Explanation:
One meaning of Rechtspolitik is legal policy. Literally, bürgernah is citizen-friendly, i.e. something for the average citizen as opposed to something for legislators, governments, maybe. At the site below, the translation is "citizen-based" which could also work.

http://www.ufu.de/sites/english/vision.htm

Kim Metzger
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bürgernahe Rechtspolitik
legal policy close to the citizen


Explanation:
A "policy close to the citizen" is a going concept/objective at EU level (and not only there) - see, for example,

http://www.europarl.eu.int/facts/1_2_2_en.htm -
"The subsidiarity principle pursues two opposing aims. On the one hand, it allows the Community to act if a problem cannot be adequately settled by the Member States acting on their own. On the other, it seeks to uphold the authority of the Member States in those areas that cannot be dealt with more effectively by Community action. The purpose of including it in the European Treaties is to bring decision-making within the Community as ***close to the citizen*** as possible."

http://archiv.spd.de/suche/archiv/hannover_97/leiteuropa_e.h... -
"Only if at the same time a policy ***close to the citizen*** is reinforced and by that the participation of the citizen in the political decision ..."

Steffen Walter
Germany
Local time: 21:25
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bürgernahe Rechtspolitik
grassroots legal policy


Explanation:
I agree with Olaf; Rechtspolitik is hard to parse without more context here. Bürgernahe Rechtspolitik almost sounds like a translation itself of "grassroots legislation" or similar.

Michele Johnson
Germany
Local time: 21:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  msherms: it sounds like that to me (without any further context) - see here for a definition of grassroots :http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&q=define:g...
46 mins

agree  Kim Metzger: That's the word, I believe.
51 mins

agree  Renate FitzRoy
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