This paper explores how political parties should be regulated in jurisdictions with anti-defection laws, which constitutionalise parties’ control over the legislative process. It begins by arguing that parties in such jurisdictions should be understood as neither private organisations nor quasi-public bodies but as legislative entities. Next, it argues that recognising the legislative status of the party should affect how we think about the legal regulation of its internal affairs. In particular, the law may justifiably demand that decision-making power within the extra-parliamentary party be dispersed across multiple persons and not concentrated in the hands of a few. Finally, I examine the implications of this argument for India and Pakistan, two jurisdictions with anti-defection laws in place.

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派对是什么样的？政党在反叛逃管辖区的地位

本文探讨了如何在具有反叛逃法的司法管辖区规范政党，该法将政党对立法过程的控制宪法化。它首先提出，此类司法管辖区内的各方不应被理解为私人组织或准公共机构，而应被理解为立法实体。其次，认为承认党的立法地位会影响我们对其内部事务的法律规制的思考。特别是，法律可能有理由要求议会外党内的决策权分散在多人手中，而不是集中在少数人手中。最后，我研究了这一论点对印度和巴基斯坦的影响，这两个司法管辖区都制定了反叛逃法。