Fostering co-operative growth through law reform in Ireland: three recommendations from legislation in the United States, Norway and Brussels

This paper provides a review of several principles incorporated into new co-operative laws that have provided opportunities for growth in the co-operative movement. It adds to the discussion about how law reform should occur in Ireland regarding co-operative enterprise. Three main recommendations, key to this discussion, are discussed and offered pursuant to the current governmental review of the laws governing Irish co-operatives. Reprinted by permission of the Society for Co-operative Studies