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Drafting legislation : a modern approach / edited by Constantin Stefanou and Helen Xanthaki.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Philosophy and Theory of Law: European Law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bill drafting.
- Legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (347 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drafting Legislation sets out to prove Sir William Dale's doctrine that the rules for drafting good quality legislation are the same in common and civil systems of law. The book discusses the general issue of quality in legislation from the legislative process to the actual drafting interpretation and enforcement, as well as issues of clarity, precision and disambiguity, plain language and gender-neutral language.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; 1 On Transferability of Legislative Solutions: The Functionality Test; 2 Drawing the Line; 3 Legislative Intention; 4 Legislator's Intent: How Judges Discern it and What They Do if They Find it; 5 The Techniques of Gender-neutral Drafting; 6 Drafting Legislation at the Tax Law Rewrite Project; 7 Retrospectivity in the Drafting and Interpretation of Legislation; 8 Repealing or Amending Legislation by Non-Legislative Means; 9 Pre-legislative Scrutiny; 10 The Role of the Legislative Drafter in Promoting Social Transformation
- 11 Improving Democratic Development by Better Regulation12 Drafting Principles of Existing European Contract Law; 13 Drafting of EU Acts: A View From the European Commission; 14 Drafting to Implement EU Law: the European Arrest Warrant in the United Kingdom; 15 Procedures for the Approximation of Albanian Legislation with the Acquis Communautaire; 16 Compromise and Clarity in International Drafting; 17 Can Legislation Rank As Literature?; 18 Open Management of Legislative Documents; 19 Between Policy and Implementation: Legislative Drafting for Development
- 20 Drafters, Drafting and the Policy ProcessIndex
- Notes:
- "In memory of Sir William (Leonard) Dale KCMG (1906-2000)."--Page facing t.p.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-57802-6
- 1-317-14827-4
- 1-317-14826-6
- 1-281-83406-8
- 9786611834067
- 0-7546-8843-7
- 9781315578026
- OCLC:
- 567983737
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