The Council on Legislation ( sv, Lagrådet) is a
Swedish government agency composed of current and former justices of the
Supreme Court
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and
Supreme Administrative Court. Its function is to pronounce on the legal validity of legislative proposals at the request of the
government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
or a
Riksdag
The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...
standing committee
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.
The council's pronouncements are not binding, but are usually adhered to. The government is not obligated to allow the council to review every bill (), but it has to provide a rationale if it does not allow the council do so.
Using legal terminology, the Legislative Council carries out ''judicial preview'' or alternatively ''abstract legal review''.
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